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License: Licence agreement concerning inclusion of doctoral thesis in the Institutional Repository of the University of LeidenThesis • May 19th, 2020
This thesis addresses the research question of to what extent international law provides a normative framework for the management of the Spratly Islands area preceding delimitation. For this purpose, the preceding chapters have analysed four sub- questions, which relate to the existing legal regulatory frameworks and their potential for providing an adequate normative framework for the disputant States on their coexistence and cooperation in the Spratly Islands area, especially concerning the following four aspects: (1) addressing the underlying territorial dispute, (2) identifying the disputed marine areas, (3) regulating unilateral conduct, and (4) promoting cooperation in resource and pollution management in respect of the Spratly Islands area. This chapter answers the research question and the four sub-questions (sections 8.1-8.4). It then looks into the future management of the Spratly Islands area on the basis of this research (section 8.5) and reflects on the functions and limit
