TY - BOOK ID - 14597460 TI - Rethinking South China Sea disputes PY - 2017 SN - 9781138942721 9781315672977 9781317374756 9781138576957 PB - Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - SOUTH CHINA SEA KW - SOUTH CHINA SEA--BOUNDARIES UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14597460 AB - This book draws on the on-going South China Sea dispute, and the multifaceted challenges wrought by the South China Sea issue that requires an inter-disciplinary perspective. It employs legal-analytical methods, to emphasize the nuances of the role and interpretation of international law and treaties by China in different periods, while taking into account policy and strategic concerns, which generally cast great sways in decision-making. The re-introduction of interdisciplinary concerns straddling law and history illustrates that the historical dimension, which has long been neglected, is an emerging concern that poses looming dangers that may unexpectedly radicalize the friction. Contributing to debunking the mystique wrought by confrontations between a historical and a law-dominated perspective, these perspectives are supported by a more nuanced analytical framework, featuring theoretical concerns with a tinge of practicality. The book aims to unveil a nuanced evolution of the issue with a confluence of inter-temporal law, policy and maritime practices in the South China Sea. ER -