```ts
/**
 * Finds all pairs of distinct tickers that have no route between them.
 * @param legs - An array of legs, where each leg is a two-element list naming the ticker it sells out of and the ticker it buys into.
 * @returns A sorted array of strings representing pairs of tickers with no route between them.
 */
export function strandedTickerPairs(legs: unknown[][]): string[] {
  if (!Array.isArray(legs) || legs.length === 0) {
    throw new Error("No legs are published.");
  }

  const tickerGraph: Record<string, Set<string>> = {};

  for (const leg of legs) {
    if (!Array.isArray(leg) || leg.length !== 2) {
      throw new Error("A leg is not exactly two elements.");
    }

    const [sellTicker, buyTicker] = leg;

    if (typeof sellTicker !== "string" || typeof buyTicker !== "string") {
      throw new Error("A ticker is not a non-empty string.");
    }

    if (sellTicker === "" || buyTicker === "") {
      throw new Error("A ticker is not a non-empty string.");
    }

    if (sellTicker === buyTicker) {
      throw new Error("A leg sells and buys the same ticker.");
    }

    if (!tickerGraph[sellTicker]) {
      tickerGraph[sellTicker] = new Set();
    }

    if (tickerGraph[sellTicker].has(buyTicker)) {
      throw new Error("The identical leg is published twice.");
    }

    tickerGraph[sellTicker].add(buyTicker);
  }

  const allTickers = Object.keys(tickerGraph);

  function canReach(start: string, target: string, visited: Set<string>): boolean {
    if (start === target) return true;
    if (visited.has(start)) return false;

    visited.add(start);

    for (const next of tickerGraph[start] || []) {
      if (canReach(next, target, visited)) {
        return true;
      }
    }

    return false;
  }

  const strandedPairs: string[] = [];

  for (let i = 0; i < allTickers.length; i++) {
    for (let j = i + 1; j < allTickers.length; j++) {
      const [tickerA, tickerB] = [allTickers[i], allTickers[j]];

      if (!canReach(tickerA, tickerB, new Set()) && !canReach(tickerB, tickerA, new Set())) {
        strandedPairs.push(`${tickerA} > ${tickerB}`);
      }
    }
  }

  return strandedPairs.sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b));
}
```