Introduction -- The South China Sea arbitration : is there a case to answer? / Stefan Talmon -- Issues of jurisdiction in cases of default of appearance / Michael Sheng-ti Gau -- The issue of admissibility in inter-state arbitration / Bing Bing Jia -- Jurisprudential tenability of the Philippines v China arbitration on South China Sea disputes / Haiwen Zhang and Chenxi Mi -- Annexes.