Introduction: Justice in a Globalised Age
Sundaresh Menon (Chief Justice of Singapore)
PART IWHAT IS AN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTE?
1. A Bird’s Eye View of International Commercial Dispute Resolution
Pak Hei Li (Hong Kong barrister)
2. International Commercial Dispute Resolution as a System
James Allsop (Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia ), and Samuel Walpole (University of Queensland, Australia)
3. The Landscape of International Commercial Courts
Jianping Shi (Shanghai University, China)
4. The Driving Forces behind the Swinging Pendulum
Bernard Eder (Singapore International Commercial Court)
PART IIIDAVID AND GOLIATH: INVESTOR–STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
5. An Introduction to Investor–State Dispute Settlement
Jianjian Ye (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in New York, USA)
6. The Way Forward in Investor–State Dispute Settlement: How Do We Balance the Needs of States with the Demands of Investors?
Anselmo Reyes (Singapore International Commercial Court)
PART IVTHE PERFECT AS THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD – THE IMPORTANCE OF FINALITY AND CERTAINTY
7. The Need for Finality and Certainty in International Commercial Dispute Resolution
Wilson Lui (University of Hong Kong)
8. Towards the Just Resolution of Disputes: How Do We Balance Commercial Certainty and Achieving the Right Result?
Nallini Pathmanathan (Federal Court of Malaysia), and Joanne Tan Xin Ying (Federal Court of Malaysia)
PART VTHE LEX MERCATORIA AND THE CONVERGENCE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW
9. An Anatomy of the Lex Mercatoria
Jason Lin (trainee solicitor in London)
10. Developing the Lex Mercatoria
Tiong Min Yeo (Singapore Management University)
PART VITHE IMPACT OF COVID-19
11. How the Pandemic has Changed the Landscape of International Dispute Resolution
Cedric Yeung (Hong Kong barrister)
12. Shaping the Future of International Dispute Resolution
Douglas Jones AO (Singapore International Commercial Court) and Jonathan Mance (Astana International Financial Centre Court, Kazakhstan)
Conclusion: Transnational Dispute Resolution, International Commercial Courts, and the Future of International Commercial Law
Pamela Bookman (Fordham University, USA), and Alyssa King (Queen’s University, Canada)