Book contents
- Legal Transplants in East Asia and Oceania
- Legal Transplants in East Asia and Oceania
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II
- 5 The Incomplete Legal Transplant – Good Faith and the Common Law
- 6 How Long Is Too Long to Determine the Success of a Legal Transplant? International Doctrines and Contract Law in Oceania
- 7 Proportionality in Australian Public Law
- 8 Legal Transfer and ‘Hybrid’ International Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures: Lessons from the Singapore International Commercial Court
- 9 The Independent Lawyers’ Association of Myanmar as a Legal Transplant: Local Challenges to the Idea of an Independent National Bar Association
- Part III
- Index
- References
8 - Legal Transfer and ‘Hybrid’ International Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures: Lessons from the Singapore International Commercial Court
from Part II
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 June 2019
Edited by
Book contents
- Legal Transplants in East Asia and Oceania
- Legal Transplants in East Asia and Oceania
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II
- 5 The Incomplete Legal Transplant – Good Faith and the Common Law
- 6 How Long Is Too Long to Determine the Success of a Legal Transplant? International Doctrines and Contract Law in Oceania
- 7 Proportionality in Australian Public Law
- 8 Legal Transfer and ‘Hybrid’ International Commercial Dispute Resolution Procedures: Lessons from the Singapore International Commercial Court
- 9 The Independent Lawyers’ Association of Myanmar as a Legal Transplant: Local Challenges to the Idea of an Independent National Bar Association
- Part III
- Index
- References
Summary
The recent genesis of international commercial courts has given rise to a new conception of ‘hybridized’ dispute resolution procedures, crafted by a liberal drawing from perceived global best practice across both international commercial arbitration and litigation. As these courts depend upon an exclusive choice of forum to support their jurisdiction, the hybridity reflected in these procedures is intended to represent an attractive balance between the flexibility inherent in arbitration, and the greater degree of judicial compulsion and guidance seen in traditional national courts. This form of hybridity is perhaps best represented by the genesis of the Singapore International Commercial Court (‘SICC’), driven by the perceived dominance of arbitration in transnational dispute resolution, as well as the sheer growth of transnational trade both globally and regionally in East Asia (and the resulting need for greater transnational dispute resolution services).
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Legal Transplants in East Asia and Oceania , pp. 183 - 210Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
References
V Bibliography
Baker, J. H., The Oxford History of the Laws of England: 1483–1558 (Oxford University Press, 2003).Google Scholar
Block-Lieb, S. and Halliday, T., ‘Incrementalisms in Global Lawmaking’, Brooklyn Journal of International Law 32 (2007).Google Scholar
Brand, O., ‘Conceptual Comparisons: Towards a Coherent Methodology of Comparative Legal Studies’, Brooklyn Journal of International Law 32 (2007) http://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/bjil/vol32/iss2/3.Google Scholar
Cairns, J., ‘Watson, Walton, and the History of Legal Transplants’, Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law 41 (2014), 637.Google Scholar
Clifford Chance and Cavenagh Law LLP, ‘The Singapore International Commercial Court – A Masterstroke’ (2013) Briefing Note www.cliffordchance.com/briefings/2013/12/the_singapore_internationalcommercialcourt.html accessed 29 March 2017.Google Scholar
Council of Ministers, ‘Instauration de la Brussels International Business Court [Establishment of the Brussels International Business Court]’ (2017) Press Release www.presscenter.org/fr/pressrelease/20171027/instauration-de-la-brussels-international-business-court accessed 7 December 2017.Google Scholar
de Jong, M., Lalenis, K. and Mamadouh, V. (eds.), The Theory and Practice of Institutional Transplantation: Experiences with the Transfer of Policy Institutions (Springer, 2002).Google Scholar
de Jong, M. and Stoter, S., ‘Institutional Transplantation and the Rule of Law: How This Interdisciplinary Method Can Enhance the Legitimacy of International Organisations’, Erasmus Law Review 2 (2009),311.Google Scholar
de Rechtspraak [Judiciary of the Netherlands], ‘Plan tot oprichting van de Netherlands commercial court [Plan to establish the Netherlands commercial court]’ (2015).Google Scholar
Dezalay, Y. and Garth, B. G., Dealing in Virtue: International Commercial Arbitration and the Construction of a Transnational Legal Order (University of Chicago Press, 1996).Google Scholar
Frankenberg, G., ‘Critical Comparisons: Re-Thinking Comparative Law’, Harvard International Law Journal 26 (1985), 411.Google Scholar
Frankenberg, G., ‘Constitutions as Commodities: Notes on a Theory of Transfer’ in Frankenberg, G. (ed.), Order from Transfer: Comparative Constitutional Design and Legal Culture (Edward Elgar, 2013).Google Scholar
Frankfurt Regional Court [Landgericht Frankfurt am Main], ‘Gerichtsstandort Frankfurt wird gestärkt: Englischsprachige Kammer für Handelssachen ab Januar 2018 [Strengthening Frankfurt as a Venue: English-Speaking Chamber for Commercial Matters Starting January 2018]’ (2017) Press Release.Google Scholar
‘Full Steam Ahead: Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) Issues Judgment Clarifying the Position on What Constitutes an Offshore Case’ (Herbert Smith Freehills – Asia disputes notes, July 2016) http://hsfnotes.com/asiadisputes/2016/07/22/full-steam-ahead-singapore-international-commercial-court-sicc-issues-judgment-clarifying-the-position-on-what-constitutes-an-offshore-case/ accessed 12 June 2017.Google Scholar
Geertz, C., ‘From the Native’s Point of View: On the Nature of Anthropological Understanding’ in Geertz, Clifford (ed.), Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology (Basic Books, 1983).Google Scholar
Gillespie, J., ‘Towards a Discursive Analysis of Legal Transfers into Developing East Asia’, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 40 (2007–2008), 657.Google Scholar
Graziadei, M., ‘Comparative Law as the Study of Transplants and Receptions’ in Reimann, Mathias and Zimmermann, Reinhard (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law (Oxford University Press, 2006).Google Scholar
Hill, J., ‘The Exercise of Judicial Discretion in Relation to Applications to Enforce Arbitral Awards under the New York Convention 1958’, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 36 (2016),304.Google Scholar
Hwang, M., ‘Commercial Courts and International Arbitration–Competitors or Partners?’, Arbitration International 31 (2015), 193.Google Scholar
Justice Croft and Chief Justice Warren, ‘An International Commercial Court for Australia – Looking beyond the New York Convention’ (2016) Commercial CPD Seminar Series.Google Scholar
Koh, H., ‘Why Transnational Law Matters’, Penn State International Law Review 24 (2006), 745.Google Scholar
‘KWM : The Singapore International Commercial Court – Two Years On’ www.kwm.com/en/au/knowledge/insights/singapore-international-commercial-court-two-years-on-20170529 accessed 12 June 2017.Google Scholar
Landbrecht, J., ‘The Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) – An Alternative to International Arbitration?’, ASA Bulletin 34 (2016), 112.Google Scholar
Legrand, P., ‘The Impossibility of “Legal Transplants”’, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 4 (1997), 111.Google Scholar
Menon, S., ‘Transnational Commercial Law: Realities, Challenges and a Call for Meaningful Convergence’, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 2013 (2013), 231.Google Scholar
Menon, S., ‘Response by Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon’ (2013) Speech delivered at the Singapore Opening of Legal Year 2013 www.sal.org.sg/lists/speeches/dispform.aspx?id=112 accessed 1 January 2017.Google Scholar
Menon, S., ‘The Somewhat Uncommon Law of Commerce’, Singapore Academy of Law Journal 26 (2014), 23.Google Scholar
Menon, S., ‘International Commercial Courts: Towards a Transnational System of Dispute Resolution’ (2015) Opening Lecture for the DIFC Courts Lecture Series 2015.Google Scholar
Menon, S., ‘The Transnational Protection of Private Rights: Issues, Challenges, and Possible Solutions’, Asian Journal of International Law 5 (2015), 219.Google Scholar
Michaels, Ralf, ‘“One Size Can Fit All” – On the Mass Production of Legal Transplants’ in Frankenberg, G. (ed.), Order from Transfer: Comparative Constitutional Design and Legal Culture (Edward Elgar, 2013).Google Scholar
Ministry of Law (Singapore), ‘Government Welcomes Recommendations to Establish Singapore International Commercial Court’ (2013) Press Release www.mlaw.gov.sg/news/press-releases/government-welcomes-recommendation-to-establish-sicc.html accessed 1 January 2017.Google Scholar
Ministry of Law (Singapore) ‘Public Consultation on the Report of the Singapore International Commercial Court Committee’ (2013) Public Consultation www.mlaw.gov.sg/news/press-releases/government-welcomes-recommendation-to-establish-sicc.html accessed 1 January 2017.Google Scholar
Seckelmann, M., ‘Clotted History and Chemical Reactions – On the Possibility of Constitutional Transfer’ in Frankenberg, G. (ed.), Order from Transfer: Comparative Constitutional Design and Legal Culture (Edward Elgar, 2013).Google Scholar
Shaffer, G., ‘The Dimensions and Determinants of State Change’ in Shaffer, G. (ed.), Transnational Legal Ordering and State Change (Cambridge University Press, 2012).Google Scholar
Shaffer, G., ‘Transnational Legal Ordering and State Change’ in Shaffer, G. (ed.), Transnational Legal Ordering and State Change (Cambridge University Press, 2012).Google Scholar
Sharar, Z. and Khulaifi, M. A. ‘The Courts in Qatar Financial Centre and Dubai International Financial Centre: A Comparative Analysis’, Hong Kong Law Journal 46 (2016), 529.Google Scholar
‘SICC – Hearings & Judgments’ www.sicc.gov.sg/hearingsjudgments.aspx?id=72 accessed 12 June 2017.Google Scholar
Silverstein, G., ‘Singapore: The Exception That Proves Rules Matter’ in Ginsburg, T. and Moustafa, T. (eds.), Rule by Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes (Cambridge University Press, 2008).Google Scholar
Singapore International Commercial Court, ‘Singapore International Commercial Court Practice Directions’ (2017).Google Scholar
Singapore International Commercial Court Committee, ‘Report of the Singapore International Court Committee’ (2013).Google Scholar
Smith, S. E., ‘The Way We Do Things Back Home: Do Expatriate Judges Preferentially Cite the Jurisprudence of Their Home Countries?’, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 13 (2013), 331.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Supreme People’s Court Monitor, ‘SPC Reveals New Belt & Road-Related Initiatives’ (Supreme People’s Court Monitor, 7 October 2017) https://supremepeoplescourtmonitor.com/2017/10/07/spc-reveals-new-belt-road-related-initiatives/ accessed 18 December 2017.Google Scholar
Teubner, G., ‘Legal Irritants: Good Faith in British Law or How Unifying Law Ends up in New Divergences’, The Modern Law Review 61 (1998), 11.Google Scholar
Thio, L.-A., ‘Between Apology and Apogee, Autochthony: The “rule of Law” beyond the Rules of Law in Singapore’, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies [2012], 269.Google Scholar
Twining, W., ‘Diffusion of Law: A Global Perspective’, The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law 36 (2004), 1.Google Scholar
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, ‘UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules’ (2013).Google Scholar
Watson, A., Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Law 2nd edn (University of Georgia Press, 1993).Google Scholar
Whytock, C., ‘Litigation, Arbitration, and the Transnational Shadow of Law’, Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 18 (2008), 449.Google Scholar
Wong, D. H., ‘The Rise of the International Commercial Court: What Is It and Will It Work?’, Civil Justice Quarterly 33 (2014), 205.Google Scholar
Yip, M., ‘Singapore International Commercial Court: A New Model for Transnational Commercial Litigation’ in Ma, Y.-J. (ed.), Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, vol. 32 (Brill, 2016).Google Scholar
Yip, M., ‘The Resolution of Disputes before the Singapore International Commercial Court’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly [2016], 439.Google Scholar
United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 38.Google Scholar
- 1
- Cited by