Transnational Commercial Disputes in an Age of Anti-Globalism and Pandemic

Sundaresh Menon has been Chief Justice of Singapore since November 2012. Between 2010 and 2012 he was Attorney-General of Singapore. Anselmo Reyes is Guest Professor at the Law Faculty of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, and an International Judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court.

• 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 SETTLEMENT5. 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 CERTAINTY7. 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-1911. 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)