Full Description
This book covers new legal developments of the One Belt One Road (OBOR) project assesses how litigation may be organised to enforce and compensate for defaults in its related initiatives.
Structured across five themes, the contributors assess international economic engagement and the rule of law; private international law, dispute resolution mechanisms including mediation, and judgement mobility. These chapters strike new ground and cover recent developments such as the establishment of China's International Commercial Court, engagements in multiple Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) construction and investment projects.
This book will be of interest to researchers, academics, policymakers, and students interested in private international law issues pertaining to the OBOR routes as well as private international law in general, Asian studies, and the politics of international trade.
Contents
1 Current Developments of the Belt & Road Initiative and the emerging private international law issues PART 1 - BELT & ROAD INITIATIVE - INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT AND RULE OF LAW 2 Sri Lanka's Loan Agreements with China under the BRI: A Relection on Selected Infrastructure Project-Related Loans PART 2 - STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES AS KEY DRIVERS IN BELT & ROAD INITIATIVE 3 China and Foreign State Immunity Law: Legal Implications on State-Owned Entities 4 Global Standards, Local Realities: An Analysis of Singapore Convention on Mediation in the Context of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises PART 3 - BELT & ROAD INITIATIVE - THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARCHITECTURE 5 China's International Commercial Court and Their Operation 6 Rule of Law & Dispute Resolution in the Belt & Road Initiative: Evaluating Nepal's Position and Prospects 7 Choice of Law in International Contracts and Foreign Law before MENA Arab Courts from the Perspective of Belt & Road Initiative PART 4 BELT & ROAD INITIATIVE AND JUDGMENT MOBILITY 8 Circulation of judgments between EU Member States and China: A path through complicated framework examined on the example of Poland 9 Recognition and Enforcement of Chinese judgments in Cambodia: Uncertain foundations of the rigid reciprocity standards in Cambodian law 10 Recognition and Enforcement of Chinese judicially confirmed mediation decisions abroad: the challenges of finality PART 5 - THE 21ST CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD AND PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW 11 Private International Law Dimension of Blockchain-Based Bills of Lading 12 CONCLUSION AND REFLECTION
