Overriding Mandatory Rules in International Commercial Disputes

Korean and Comparative Law
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5099-6977-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 582 g

Reihe: Hart Publishing

This open access book analyses how to identify and treat overriding mandatory rules in international commercial litigation and arbitration from a Korean and comparative law perspective.

In addition to providing a deeper understanding of the concept of overriding mandatory rules and setting out standards and factors to identify such rules, the book provides a solution to the problems that third-country mandatory provisions pose in international commercial disputes.

The book examines the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice under the Rome Convention and the Rome I Regulation, Swiss IPRG, and German and English law to help interpret and propose an amendment to the Korean Act on Private International Law. The book also establishes tests to identify the overriding mandatory character and then empirically applies them to assess various provisions in 10 different Acts in Korea.

Furthermore, the book provides a 'balancing interest test' for third-country mandatory rules and suggests a new provision that harmonises the conflicting interests of the parties, the forum country, the third country and interests of international harmony of decisions. It also explores the arbitrability of disputes in relation to overriding mandatory rules, the validity of an arbitration agreement, the extent to which overriding mandatory rules should apply, and whether the national courts can refuse enforcement of or revoke arbitral awards which did not apply/consider overriding mandatory rules.

This book is an invaluable resource to legal practitioners, judges, arbitrators, researchers, and parties to international commercial contracts.

Winner of the 16th Simdang Academic Prize 2023. Judge Dr Min Kyung Kim is the second-youngest recipient of this prestigious award and it is the first time that the prize has been awarded for a PhD thesis.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

Autoren/Hrsg.

KIM, Min Kyung

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Zivilprozess- und Schiedsverfahrensrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, Richard Fentiman (University of Cambridge, UK)
Foreword, Kwang Hyun SUK (Korea Private International Law Association)
1. Introduction
2. Foundational Theory of Overriding Mandatory Rules
3. Identifying Overriding Mandatory Rules
4. Overriding Mandatory Rules in Korean Law
5. Comparative Research on the Treatment of Overriding Mandatory Rules of a Third Country
6. The Korean Act on Private International Law and Overriding Mandatory Rules of Third Countries
7. International Commercial Arbitration and Overriding Mandatory Rules
8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

KIM, Min Kyung
Min Kyung Kim has been sitting as a Judge in the Korean judiciary since 2010. During her career in the judiciary, she has presided over civil, commercial, and criminal cases, but her main expertise is in international/cross-border litigation, international arbitration, international commercial law, and private international law as she sat in the International Commercial Division at the Seoul Central District Court. She holds a BA from Seoul National University in Business Administration and Law, MA and PhD from Seoul National University in international commercial law, and LLM from the University of Cambridge, UK (Queens' College). She is the general editor of the Korean Journal of International Trade and Business Law and director of the Korean Private International Law Association.

Min Kyung KIM is a Judge in the Judiciary of the Republic of Korea, and Director of the Korean Private International Law Association.