This paper examines the use of a specific international legal fiction. It is claimed that a legal fiction was confirmed by the Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration (2016). The paper asks whether this is an effective legal fiction. The paper will argue that this is not so, pointing to the difficulties that the fiction necessarily creates. From this example, lessons may be learned of the phenomenon of legal fictions of international law generally, and, crucially, of their effectiveness.

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国际法律小说：南海奖的教训

本文考察了特定国际法律虚构的使用。据称，法庭在南海仲裁（2016 年）。该论文询问这是否是有效的法律虚构。该论文将争辩说事实并非如此，并指出小说必然造成的困难。从这个例子中，我们可以从一般意义上的国际法法律虚构现象中吸取教训，并且至关重要的是，它们的有效性。