Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Law

East Asia’S Engagement With Cosmopolitan Ideals Under Its Trade Treaty Dispute Provisions, Chin Leng Lim Dec 2010

East Asia’S Engagement With Cosmopolitan Ideals Under Its Trade Treaty Dispute Provisions, Chin Leng Lim

Chin Leng Lim

An East Asian view about how trade dispute settlement systems should be designed is slowly emerging. This paper argues that democratically-inspired trade law scholarship and cultural explanations of the international law behaviour of the Southeast and Northeast Asian trading nations have failed to capture or prescribe the actual treaty behaviour of these nations. Instead, such behaviour has resulted in the emergence of two different treaty models for the peaceful settlement of trade disputes. This article traces the practices of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), together with that of China, Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. We find two …


State Immunity In Post-Handover Hong Kong, Chin Leng Lim Dec 2010

State Immunity In Post-Handover Hong Kong, Chin Leng Lim

Chin Leng Lim

No abstract provided.


Absolute Immunity For Sovereign Debtors In Hong Kong, Chin Leng Lim Dec 2010

Absolute Immunity For Sovereign Debtors In Hong Kong, Chin Leng Lim

Chin Leng Lim

No abstract provided.