{"title":"The Battle of Ideas under LOSC Dispute Settlement Procedures","authors":"Ke Song","doi":"10.1163/15718085-bja10125","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\nDispute settlement procedures under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) can be a great laboratory for observing judicial processes of exploring and testing the acceptability of multiple solutions to issues of interpretation through a battle of ideas among LOSC adjudicators. The analysis observes that LOSC tribunals tend towards two jurisprudential patterns when battling their ideas: (1) the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) takes an implicit approach of deviating from previous case law of other LOSC tribunals; and (2) Annex VII arbitral tribunals have been quite straightforward when facing a diverging interpretative discourse. This article explains the institutional dynamics underpinning these two jurisprudential patterns. Calibrating judicial reasoning of the ITLOS is proposed, which would hopefully stimulate a vibrant battle of ideas facilitating coherent development of international law.","PeriodicalId":45173,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-bja10125","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"LAW","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Dispute settlement procedures under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) can be a great laboratory for observing judicial processes of exploring and testing the acceptability of multiple solutions to issues of interpretation through a battle of ideas among LOSC adjudicators. The analysis observes that LOSC tribunals tend towards two jurisprudential patterns when battling their ideas: (1) the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) takes an implicit approach of deviating from previous case law of other LOSC tribunals; and (2) Annex VII arbitral tribunals have been quite straightforward when facing a diverging interpretative discourse. This article explains the institutional dynamics underpinning these two jurisprudential patterns. Calibrating judicial reasoning of the ITLOS is proposed, which would hopefully stimulate a vibrant battle of ideas facilitating coherent development of international law.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law addresses all aspects of marine and coastal law. In addition to normal in-depth scholarly articles, the Journal contains a distinctive feature: a vigorous ‘Current Legal Developments’ section which provides notes and commentary on international treaties and case law, national statute law, national court decisions, and other aspects of state practice; includes the relevant original documentation where appropriate; and monitors developments in relevant international organizations at a global and regional level. The format also includes a book review section.