China's one belt one road initiative and private international law / edited by Poomintr Sooksripaisarnkit and Sai Ramani Garimella.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The role of private international law in the context -- Party autonomy -- 2. Harmonisation of choice of law rules in commercial contracts in the One Belt One Road countries: Will the Hague Principles on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts serve as a good model? -- Part 2. Services of Process -- 3. On the Construction of Electronic Service Abroad System under the ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative -- Jurisdiction -- 4. Navigating the Singapore’s Private International Rules in the Age of Innovative Cross-border Commercial Litigation Framework -- Part IV Conflict of laws -- 5. OBOR and the syncretic private international law rules in India: Time for accession to harmonised legal regimes -- 6. European Union legislation: How far does it reach beyond the EU border? -- 7. Proof of foreign law under the background of the Belt and Road Initiative -- 8. One Belt One Road – One law? -- 9. Thai conflict of law rules, China’s One Belt, One Road initiative and ASEAN trade facilitation: One common path with many exit routes -- 10. The "One Belt, One Road" Strategy -- The Role of Private International Law in Combatting and Strengthening Anti-Corruption Standards Transnationally -- Part 6. -- Judgements and arbitral award recognition -- 11. The Role of Hong Kong in the Dispute Resolutions of One-Belt-One-Road -- 12. The recognition of foreign judgments as a tool of economic integration: Views from Middle Eastern and Arab Gulf countries -- 13. Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards, foreign court judgments and contracts of international carriage -- CONCLUSION Tackling private international law issues for the success of the OBOR

The concept of the One Belt One Road initiative (OBOR) was raised by the President of the People’s Republic of China in October 2013. The OBOR comprises the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ and the ‘21st Century Maritime Silk Road’, encompassing over 60 countries from Asia to Europe via Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, and the Middle East. The overall objective of the OBOR is to encourage the economic prosperity of the countries along the Belt and Road and regional economic cooperation, encourage mutual learning between different civilizations, and promoting peace and development. However, countries along the Belt and Road routes of the OBOR project have diverse laws and legal systems. It is not difficult to envisage problems relating to harmonisation of laws and rules in trade between countries along the OBOR routes or otherwise. These problems can potentially cut through the core of the very objective of the OBOR itself.