Comparative History of International Arbitration: Australia, Japan and Beyond

Comparative History of International Arbitration: Australia, Japan and Beyond Hybrid event This hybrid-format webinar compares the historical trajectory of international arbitration law and practice in Australia and Japan in regional and global contexts. An aim is to explore the evolving images and contours of arbitration and scope for cross-border collaboration in promoting this popular but …

Book launch: Comparing Online Legal Education

Book launch: Comparing Online Legal Education In-person event The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Comparing Online Legal Education, co-edited by Professor Luke Nottage, Sydney Law School, for the International Academy of Comparative Law. The book will be launched by The Hon. Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of …

Transnational Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Transnational Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic   Online event This webinar discusses how online (university or other) legal education interacts with each jurisdiction’s legal profession, university system, and ICT infrastructure, as well as how online legal education has developed both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, comparing several jurisdictions beyond the …

Asia-Pacific Commercial Dispute Resolution in the Aftermath of the Pandemic

Webinar: Asia-Pacific Commercial Dispute Resolution in the Aftermath of the Pandemic   The COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted on commercial dispute resolution in China, Singapore and Australia. The important question is whether these impacts will be transformed into legal doctrines and shape the development of law for commercial dispute resolution in the long term. Experienced panellists …

Beyond the Pandemic: New Frontiers in Asia-Pacific International Dispute Resolution

Beyond the Pandemic: New Frontiers in Asia-Pacific International Dispute Resolution What are the current and potential repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, for international dispute resolution especially in the Asia-Pacific region? What are the impacts on regional supply chains and FDI? Will foreign investors really be able to bring many ISDS claims under investment treaties against …

Challenges and opportunities for Asia-Pacific international arbitration – symposium

Challenges and opportunities for Asia-Pacific international arbitration – symposium Building on Reyes & Gu (eds), The Developing World of Arbitration: A Comparative Study of Arbitration Reform in the Asia-Pacific (Hart, 2018), this symposium examines more recent challenges for international commercial arbitration (ICA), especially the proliferation of international commercial courts, the 2018 UN Convention on enforcement …

Asian Law – Books Launch & Seminar

Asian Law – Books Launch & Seminar Books: ASEAN Consumer Law Harmonisation and Cooperation (CUP, November 2019) Contract Law in Japan (Kluwer, January 2019) Launched by: The Honourable Tom Bathurst AC QC ___________________________________________________________ About the event Join us for a downtown launch of two Asian Law books, launched by New South Wales Chief Justice Tom …