author · Edward Elgar, 2021
Forming Transnational Dispute Settlement Norms: Soft Law and the Role of UNCITRAL's Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific
Addresses regional rule-making and legal development in international dispute systems; per the HKU bio it has 'informed major court decisions in the region'. Output of the 2018 RGC GRF grant.
Ali, S, (2021) Forming Transnational Dispute Settlement Norms: Soft Law and the Role of UNCITRAL's Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar). ix-xvi, 2-257
From the reviews
“It is rare to have 5 years of our work performance scrutinized academically…. I cannot escape a sense of relief after reading this remarkable work… [showing] the importance of having more Regional Offices [including] of the HCCH and UNIDROIT [as] platforms to ensure equal access to legal knowledge.”
“International arbitration has long been critici[sed] for unequal access ... This book breaks new ground… [showing]…UNCITRAL's RCAP may provide a model for other regions.”
“By imaginatively 'mapping the middle,' Shahla Ali persuasively demonstrates the integral ways that a regional body can consolidate responsive transnational legal orders by harnessing state and non-state innovation… open[ing] up exciting frontiers for… theory.”
“It is impossible to ignore this evidence of decentralized transnational legal ordering and how it might be fostered by regional institutions.”
“This book provides an important, empirically grounded case study of UNCITRAL processes and their implications in Asia through its first regional center.”
“A powerful critique of Western-dominant legal orthodoxy…of urgent relevance to democratic resolutions of disputes in Asia and across the globe.”