This chapter explores the dynamic interactions between domestic social norms and international law over trade dispute resolution. Using empirical case studies involving China, EU, US, Korea and Japan, the paper investigates how the dyadic configuration of social norms regarding preferred dispute...

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At the UNCITRAL forty-seventh session in July 2014, a US proposal was tabled which suggested to develop a multilateral convention on conciliation modelled on the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958 (the “New York Convention”), on the grounds that the...

The choice to pursue international arbitration and adjudication is part of a political bargaining process. Since bargaining over contentious issues in international relations occurs in the shadow of potential military conflict, the outcomes of negotiations often reflect the balance of power...