books.google.co.uk - This exceptional volume deals with the hotly contested legal status of the Paracels and the Spratlys, two inhospitable archipelagos located in the South China Sea, sovereignty over which is disputed by several states. The author investigates the contribution which international law can make towards determining...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Sovereignty_Over_the_Paracel_and_Spratly.html?id=58q1SMZbVG0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSovereignty Over the Paracel and Spratly Islands