Description: Written by eminent international judges, scholars and practitioners, this book offers a timely study of China's role in international dispute resolution in the context of the construction of the 'Belt and Road Initiative' (BRI). It provides in-depth analysis of the law and practice in the fields of international trade, commerce, investment and international law of the sea, as they relate to the BRI construction. It is the first comprehensive assessment of China's policy and practice in international dispute resolution, in general and in individual fields, in the context of the BRI construction. This book will be an indispensable reading for scholars and practitioners with interest in China and international dispute resolution. It also constitutes an invaluable reference for anyone interested in the changing international law and order, in which China is playing an increasingly significant role, particularly through the BRI construction.
Brief description: Wenhua Shan (PhD, Trinity College, Cambridge) is Yangtze River Chair Professor of International Economic Law and the founding Dean of the School of Law at Xi' an Jiaotong University, PR China. He has taught as Professor of International Law at Oxford Brookes University and UNSW Sydney, and has been a Senior Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge. He has published over a dozen books in international and comparative law by leading English and Chinese publishers and numerous articles in journals such as the European Journal of International Law and American Journal of Comparative Law. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Comparative Law; General Editor of the China and International Economic Law series and Silk Road Studies in International Economic Law. As Conciliator of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), Expert Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People's Court of China, and Arbitrator of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) among others, Shan has practiced international and Chinese laws since 1992.
Review Quotes: 'This study is one of the first titles on international dispute resolution related to the BRI ... is accessible to readers without a background in dispute resolution ... Recommended.' D. Li, Choice Magazine