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The Impact Of The Singapore International Commercial Court And Hague Convention On Choice Of Court Agreements On Singapore’S Private International Law, Wei Yao, Kenny Chng
The Impact Of The Singapore International Commercial Court And Hague Convention On Choice Of Court Agreements On Singapore’S Private International Law, Wei Yao, Kenny Chng
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The advent of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) and the enactment of the Hague Convention on Choiceof Court Agreements 2005 (the Hague Convention) in Singapore presents an intriguing case study of the issues raised by theco-mingling of the rules of an international convention, jurisdictional rules for an international commercial court, andtraditional common law jurisdictional principles within the private international law and procedural rules of a singlenational jurisdiction. This article highlights several key issues raised by the interaction between the SICC, HagueConvention, and common law jurisdictional rules, and proposes solutions to streamline these three sets of rules into acoherent and …
The Impact Of The Singapore International Commercial Court And Hague Convention On Choice Of Court Agreements On Singapore’S Private International Law, Wei Yao, Kenny Chng
The Impact Of The Singapore International Commercial Court And Hague Convention On Choice Of Court Agreements On Singapore’S Private International Law, Wei Yao, Kenny Chng
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The advent of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) and the enactment of the Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005 (the Hague Convention) in Singapore presents an intriguing case study of the issues raised by the co-mingling of the rules of an international convention, jurisdictional rules for an international commercial court, and traditional common law jurisdictional principles within the private international law and procedural rules of a single national jurisdiction. This article highlights several key issues raised by the interaction between the SICC, Hague Convention, and common law jurisdictional rules, and proposes solutions to streamline these three sets …
A Theoretical Perspective Of The Public Policy Doctrine In The Conflict Of Laws, Kenny Chng
A Theoretical Perspective Of The Public Policy Doctrine In The Conflict Of Laws, Kenny Chng
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
The public policy doctrine in the conflict of laws hasbeen often characterised as uncertain and ambiguous. This article aims toexamine the doctrine at common law from a theoretical perspective in order to:first, determine whether the substantive considerations which courts haveinvoked under the public policy doctrine are theoretically justifiable; second,discern principled boundaries around the courts’ exercise of the defence. Througha study of case law and an examination from first principles of the normativebasis for the recognition of foreign laws and judgments, this article proposesa set of principles that can form the theoretical underpinning of the publicpolicy doctrine, and will examine how …