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Appeal on Merits in Commercial Arbitration?–An Overview
(authored by Chen Zhi, Wangjing & GH Law Firm, PhD Candidate at University of Macau) Finality of tribunal’s decision without any challenging system on merits issues has been well established and viewed as one of the most cited benefits of arbitration, which can be found in most influential legal documents such as 1958 New York […]
Virtual Hearing in China’s Smart Court
By Zheng Sophia Tang, Wuhan University (China) and Newcastle University (UK) Mr Ting Liao, PhD candidate at the Wuhan University Institute of International Law, published a
How Emerging Technologies Shape the Face of Chinese Courts?
Author: Ting LIAO, Ph.D. candidate, Wuhan University Institute of International Law A. Technology in the Context of Judicial Reform According to Max Weber, “the modern judge is a vending machine into which the pleadings are inserted together with the fee, and which then disgorges the judgment together with the reasons mechanically derived from the code.”
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Out Now: Torsten Kindt, Transnationale Verträge im nationalen Recht
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a significant portion of international commerce is organized around instruments and structures that do not emanate from national states and laws but from private entities. Traditionally, most legal scholars addressing this phenomenon could be sorted into one of two camps: those who want to limit the notion of […]
Vulnerability: a Matter of Perspective(s)
The international seminar “Vulnerability: a Matter of Perspective(s)”, is scheduled to be held online on Friday, 29 September 2023, starting at 10 a.m. CET on Microsoft Teams. The seminar is centered around Private International Law (PIL). Specifically, various sessions of the seminar will delve into the diverse and interdisciplinary perspectives of PIL in the context […]
HCCH CODIFI Edition 2023 – CBDCs
The Permanent Bureau is pleased to announce that a colloquium on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), titled “CODIFI Edition 2023 – CBDCs”, will be held online on Thursday 5 October 2023, following the mandate of the Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP) at its 2023 meeting (