- Library Home /
- Search Collections /
- Open Collections /
- Browse Collections /
- UBC Theses and Dissertations /
- Court intervention in arbitral proceedings in countries...
Open Collections
UBC Theses and Dissertations
UBC Theses and Dissertations
Court intervention in arbitral proceedings in countries adopting the uncitral model law on international commercial arbitration : an impact of legal culture on reception (case studies of Canada, Hong Kong and Russia) Biukovic, Ljiljana
Abstract
This thesis explores problems regarding the reception the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (ML) in Canada, Hong Kong and Russia. Focusing on the relationship between national courts and arbitrators, it argues that the ML fosters gradual harmonization of law on international arbitration, while accommodating the particular needs of the legal cultures and traditions of Canada, Hong Kong and Russia. The importance of this study derives from the fact that the experience of these three countries has been, and it still is, a guide for a number of other countries considering the adoption of the ML and modification of their arbitration laws. First, the thesis explores the implementation of the ML at the national level, in each of the countries of adoption in order determine, the legal changes, if any, brought about by the adoption. The hypothesis is that legal borrowing can lead to different results in countries with different legal traditions, different levels of economic development and different political structures. At this level the analysis focuses on statutory frameworks and judicial practice in these countries. Second, the thesis compares the results from the study at the national level in order to explore the ways in which the same pattern (that is, the ML) has been modified to reflect the socio-economic environment and principles of old systems, and to determine changes to the original model. The hypothesis is that arbitral tribunals are promoters of a new "internationalized" legal culture and that national judges and courts, in comparison, are more likely to reflect local or national legal cultures. The thesis concludes that variations in the application and interpretation of the M L in the three countries does not mean that the ML cannot bring about the harmonization of laws. However, the ML is not a transplantation or duplication of foreign law, but a project of reception. In that way, the ML serves as a basis for creativity, rather than representing the imposition of a new, and perhaps, inappropriate; legal culture.
Item Metadata
Title |
Court intervention in arbitral proceedings in countries adopting the uncitral model law on international commercial arbitration : an impact of legal culture on reception (case studies of Canada, Hong Kong and Russia)
|
Creator | |
Publisher |
University of British Columbia
|
Date Issued |
2000
|
Description |
This thesis explores problems regarding the reception the UNCITRAL Model Law on
International Commercial Arbitration (ML) in Canada, Hong Kong and Russia. Focusing on the
relationship between national courts and arbitrators, it argues that the ML fosters gradual
harmonization of law on international arbitration, while accommodating the particular needs of
the legal cultures and traditions of Canada, Hong Kong and Russia. The importance of this study
derives from the fact that the experience of these three countries has been, and it still is, a guide
for a number of other countries considering the adoption of the ML and modification of their
arbitration laws.
First, the thesis explores the implementation of the ML at the national level, in each of
the countries of adoption in order determine, the legal changes, if any, brought about by the
adoption. The hypothesis is that legal borrowing can lead to different results in countries with
different legal traditions, different levels of economic development and different political
structures. At this level the analysis focuses on statutory frameworks and judicial practice in
these countries. Second, the thesis compares the results from the study at the national level in
order to explore the ways in which the same pattern (that is, the ML) has been modified to reflect
the socio-economic environment and principles of old systems, and to determine changes to the
original model. The hypothesis is that arbitral tribunals are promoters of a new
"internationalized" legal culture and that national judges and courts, in comparison, are more
likely to reflect local or national legal cultures.
The thesis concludes that variations in the application and interpretation of the M L in
the three countries does not mean that the ML cannot bring about the harmonization of laws.
However, the ML is not a transplantation or duplication of foreign law, but a project of
reception. In that way, the ML serves as a basis for creativity, rather than representing the
imposition of a new, and perhaps, inappropriate; legal culture.
|
Extent |
19407707 bytes
|
Genre | |
Type | |
File Format |
application/pdf
|
Language |
eng
|
Date Available |
2009-07-28
|
Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
|
Rights |
For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
|
DOI |
10.14288/1.0077508
|
URI | |
Degree | |
Program | |
Affiliation | |
Degree Grantor |
University of British Columbia
|
Graduation Date |
2000-05
|
Campus | |
Scholarly Level |
Graduate
|
Aggregated Source Repository |
DSpace
|
Item Media
Item Citations and Data
Rights
For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.