The precise analysis of the judges and the arbitrators has been used as the evidence of the existence of the rule in the international law by the countries and researchers.

• 法官和仲裁员们在分析有关法律问题时所作的精当论断,已经常常被争端所涉及的国家以及从事国际海洋法研究的学者们作为确定国际法规则存在的证据。