【內(nèi)容提要】
Editorial
編輯導(dǎo)言
陶景洲（Jingzhou Tao），北京大學(xué)法學(xué)院兼職教授，清華大學(xué)法學(xué)院特邀教授，獨(dú)立仲裁員
早在新冠肺炎疫情席卷全球之前，季衛(wèi)東教授就與我聯(lián)系，準(zhǔn)備在這本雜志出版一期關(guān)于亞太地區(qū)國(guó)際仲裁的特刊。我有點(diǎn)猶豫，因?yàn)閲?guó)際仲裁并不是一個(gè)真正的學(xué)術(shù)課題，而是一個(gè)實(shí)務(wù)問(wèn)題。然而，季教授有興趣就這一主題出版特刊說(shuō)明學(xué)術(shù)界對(duì)亞洲仲裁是有研究興趣的。亞洲仲裁對(duì)國(guó)際商法的確具有面向當(dāng)代和未來(lái)的實(shí)際意義。
有多重原因使得亞洲國(guó)際仲裁值得關(guān)注。在過(guò)去二十年中，亞洲已成為新興的國(guó)際仲裁中心，越來(lái)越多的亞洲仲裁機(jī)構(gòu)得以設(shè)立，辦理的國(guó)際仲裁案件也越來(lái)越多，而且一些傳統(tǒng)的西方國(guó)際仲裁機(jī)構(gòu)也來(lái)到亞洲，并在香港、新加坡、上海等地開(kāi)設(shè)了辦事處。
跨國(guó)企業(yè)傾向選擇仲裁解決爭(zhēng)端。許多國(guó)際企業(yè)被仲裁程序的成本效益、靈活性和保密性以及仲裁裁決的國(guó)際可執(zhí)行性所吸引。通過(guò)使用仲裁，企業(yè)避免將爭(zhēng)議解決交給公正獨(dú)立性存疑的某一國(guó)法官，這一現(xiàn)象在一國(guó)法治狀況不佳且外國(guó)商人不想采用“國(guó)內(nèi)司法”時(shí)尤其常見(jiàn)。隨著案件量的增加，仲裁方式也被期待有所改進(jìn)。事實(shí)上，仲裁的方式在過(guò)去幾十年中正在不斷經(jīng)歷著變化——亞洲也不例外。
道格·瓊斯教授的論文論述了現(xiàn)代仲裁的重要一面：國(guó)際商事仲裁的效率和透明度。盡管保密是仲裁的一個(gè)顯著特點(diǎn)，但參與仲裁的各方仍舊要求提高仲裁程序的透明度——以及更多關(guān)于各機(jī)構(gòu)提名首席仲裁員的方式和仲裁員背景信息的信息。作者認(rèn)為，仲裁程序透明度的提升將使國(guó)際仲裁具有更多的合法性。
關(guān)于效率和透明度的同一問(wèn)題，手塚裕之（HiroyukinTezuk）和小枝未優(yōu)（Mihiro Koeda）在地理范圍更窄、類(lèi)型更大的背景下進(jìn)行了討論；他們從日本非訴訟糾紛解決程序（ADR）的最新發(fā)展中審視效率和透明度問(wèn)題。日本作為世界上最大的經(jīng)濟(jì)體之一，擁有世界上最發(fā)達(dá)的科技。然而，無(wú)論是從日本律師事務(wù)所的國(guó)際化還是從日本仲裁機(jī)構(gòu)的發(fā)展角度來(lái)看，日本都相當(dāng)落后。因此，在過(guò)去的幾年里，日本也在加倍努力，通過(guò)頒布新的法律、建立新的機(jī)構(gòu)和實(shí)施新的技術(shù)來(lái)改善這種情況。
楊康海（Alvin Yeo）和曾福慶（Chan Hock Keng）的論文探討了疫情期間仲裁和法院為適應(yīng)國(guó)內(nèi)外出行限制進(jìn)行的案件處理。疫情之下，電子訴訟系統(tǒng)和視頻會(huì)議成為仲裁聽(tīng)證的主要方式。他們以新加坡為例，概述了線上聽(tīng)證會(huì)的法理基礎(chǔ)。疫情迫使經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的仲裁員不得不暫停公務(wù)出行，轉(zhuǎn)而快速學(xué)習(xí)電子設(shè)備操作，使用Zoom和Microsoft Meeting應(yīng)用程序與屏幕“交談”。
鄺靜儀（Cheng Yee Khong）的論文討論了一個(gè)熱門(mén)話(huà)題：第三方融資。隨著國(guó)際仲裁的成本越來(lái)越高，一些公司由于資金限制根本負(fù)擔(dān)不起巨額仲裁案件——盡管他們認(rèn)為自己擁有足以贏得未來(lái)的仲裁的法律和合同依據(jù)。第三方融資的激增是對(duì)市場(chǎng)需求的自然反應(yīng)。她以亞洲司法管轄區(qū)的監(jiān)管發(fā)展為研究，并通過(guò)兩個(gè)案例研究展示了最新的發(fā)展?fàn)顩r。
從具體國(guó)家的角度來(lái)看，法里斯·埃利亞斯·納斯魯拉（Faris Elias Nasrallah）提交了一份關(guān)于敘利亞仲裁的文件。學(xué)界目前很少有詳細(xì)的論文研究敘利亞的仲裁制度——自2011年以來(lái)，該國(guó)一直飽受內(nèi)戰(zhàn)和局部沖突之苦，但這并沒(méi)有摧毀阿拉伯古老的爭(zhēng)端解決體系。本文從敘利亞國(guó)內(nèi)法和國(guó)際法兩個(gè)方面分析了敘利亞仲裁問(wèn)題。
Right before the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the whole world, Professor Ji Weidong contacted me for a Special Issue on international arbitration in the Asia-Pacific region for this publication. I was somewhat hesitating in a sense that international arbitration is not really an academic subject, but rather a pragmatic matter. However, the mere fact that Professor Ji likes to have a Special Issue dealing with the subject was a good indication that the academic community is interested in arbitration in Asia. Arbitration in Asia can indeed have contemporary and future practical importance for international business law.
The reasons why international arbitration in Asia warrants attention are multifold. For the last two decades, Asia has become the emerging international arbitral centre; not only were more and more Asian arbitration institutions set up in the region and those centres have increasingly more international arbitration cases, but also several traditional Western international arbitration institutions have come to Asia and opened their offices in cities such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, etc.
Arbitration is a preferred dispute-resolution means for the transnational business community. The cost-effectiveness, flexibility, and confidentiality of the arbitration proceedings together with the international enforceability of arbitration awards have encouraged many international business operators to choose arbitration so that their future dispute will not fall into the hands of national judges whose independence and impartiality are allegedly questionable. This is particularly true when the rule-of-law record of a country is somewhat mediocre and foreign business people do not want to get into a “home justice” legal procedure. With the case-load increase comes the desire to improve the way to conduct arbitration. Indeed, arbitration has been constantly improved over the last several decades and Asia is not an exception.
Professor Doug Jones’s paper deals with the important aspect of modern arbitration: the efficiency and transparency of international commercial arbitration. Although confidentiality is one of the distinctive features of arbitration, parties involved in the arbitration itself ask for more transparency of the arbitration procedure and for more information about the way in which the institutions nominate the presiding arbitrator and background information about the arbitrators. It is the author’s view that transparency will give greater legitimacy to international arbitration.
On the same issue of efficiency and transparency, HiroyukinTezuk and Mihiro Koedahave dealt with the efficiency and transparency in a geographically more narrow and typologically larger context; they look at efficiency and transparency issues from the latest development of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Japan. Japan is one of the biggest economies and has one of the most developed technologies in the world. However, from both the internationalization of Japanese law firms and the development standpoint of Japanese arbitration institutions, Japan was quite lagging behind. Over the last several years, Japan has doubled its effort to rectify this backwardness by promulgating new laws, setting up new institutions, and implementing new technics.
Alvin Yeo and Chan Hock Keng’s paper deals with the arbitration and court-case handling during the pandemic to adapt to domestic and international travel restrictions. Electronic litigation systems and video conferencing have very suddenly become the dominant arbitration hearing methods. Yeo and Keng have taken Singapore as an example to outline the legal basis for virtual hearing. The pandemic has forced the grey-hair arbitrators to stop first-class travel and to quickly learn how to manipulate the electronic gadgets and apparels, and to talk to the screen using Zoom and Microsoft Meeting apps.
Cheng-Yee Khong’s paper discusses a hot topic, which is third-party funding. With international arbitration getting more and more expensive, some companies just could not afford to start a big-ticket arbitration case, even though they thought that they would have both legal and contractual grounds to win the future arbitration, due to the financial constraints. The upsurge of third-party funding is a natural response to the needs of the markets. Khong examined the regulatory development in Asian jurisdictions and discussed the recent development through two case-studies.
From a country-specific aspect, submitted a paper discussing arbitration in Syria. It is quite rare to have a detailed paper studying the Syrian arbitration system. The country has been suffering from civil war and local conflict since 2011 but this does not smash the resilient and ancient customary Arabic dispute-resolution system. This paper analyzes arbitration in Syria from both Syrian national and international law.
Research Article
研究論文
Exploring the future of commercial dispute resolution in Asia: Accelerating efficiency and effectiveness in ADR
探索亞洲商事糾紛解決的未來(lái)：提升ADR的效率和有效性
手塚裕之（HiroyukinTezuk），東京西村朝日律師事務(wù)所（NISHIMURA&ASAHI）
小枝未優(yōu)（Mihiro Koeda），東京西村朝日律師事務(wù)所（NISHIMURA&ASAHI）
Abstract:
Since 2017, Japan has rapidly developed its hard and soft infrastructure to accelerate the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Japan, such as establishing the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center and the Japan International Mediation Center, Kyoto, as well as amending the Foreign Lawyers Act. The legislative process to amend the Japanese Arbitration Act is underway and discussions to accede to the Singapore Convention are ongoing. Mediation and settlement discussions involving judges during the litigation process are traditionally common in Japanese court practices, which would have some implications for investor–state mediation, which is a recent hot topic in the field of investor–state dispute settlement. Numerous means of further improving the efficiency and effectiveness of ADR proceedings have been discussed globally, including mid-stream conferences, Calderbank offers, the use of mediation in complex disputes, and the advanced use of Arb-Med-Arb proceedings utilizing party-appointed arbitrators.
Keywords:
settlement involving the Japanese Supreme Court; investor–state mediation; mid-stream conference; Calderbank offer; mediation in complex disputes; party-appointed arbitrators’ role in Arb-Med-Arb proceedings
摘要：
自2017年以來(lái)，日本迅速發(fā)展了其硬件設(shè)施和軟件設(shè)施，以加快在日本使用非訴訟糾紛解決程序（ADR），例如在京都建立日本國(guó)際爭(zhēng)端解決中心和日本國(guó)際調(diào)解中心，以及修訂《外國(guó)律師法》。同時(shí)，《日本仲裁法》的修訂程序以及加入《新加坡公約》的討論也在進(jìn)行中。傳統(tǒng)的訴訟過(guò)程中，有法官參與的調(diào)解和和解討論在日本的法院實(shí)踐中很常見(jiàn)，而這也將對(duì)投資者-國(guó)家調(diào)解的領(lǐng)域產(chǎn)生一些影響——這是投資者-國(guó)家爭(zhēng)端解決領(lǐng)域最近的熱門(mén)話(huà)題。全球范圍內(nèi)已經(jīng)討論了許多進(jìn)一步提高ADR程序效率和有效性的方法，包括中期會(huì)議、Calderbank報(bào)價(jià)、在復(fù)雜糾紛中使用調(diào)解，以及利用當(dāng)事人指定的仲裁員先進(jìn)使用Arb-Med-Arb程序。
關(guān)鍵詞：
涉及日本最高法院的和解；投資者-國(guó)家調(diào)解；中流會(huì)議；Calderbank報(bào)價(jià)；調(diào)解復(fù)雜糾紛；當(dāng)事人指定仲裁員在仲裁程序中的作用
Asian Courts in Times of COVID: Virtualization and the New Normal
新冠肺炎時(shí)代的亞洲法院：虛擬化與新常態(tài)
楊康海（Alvin Yeo），新加坡王律師事務(wù)所(WongPartnership LLP, Singapore)
曾福慶（Chan Hock Keng），新加坡王律師事務(wù)所(WongPartnership LLP, Singapore)
Abstract:
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has caused restrictive measures to be established in many sectors including the legal and judicial sector; an example is the use of electronic litigation systems and video-conferencing facilities for trials. With the implementation of changes in the legal and judicial sector to adapt to restrictions arising from the pandemic, there is the question of whether the current rules governing civil-court proceedings are designed to accommodate these changes. This article seeks to explore the measures taken by courts in response to the pandemic with a focus on Asia, notably Singapore. The article will outline the legal basis for the use of live video links for the purpose of witness evidence-taking under Singapore law and the possible implications will be reviewed taking Singapore’s civil proceedings as an example in comparison with other jurisdictions.
Keywords: COVID-19; Singapore; virtual; trial;video link
摘要：前所未有的新冠肺炎流行導(dǎo)致包括立法和司法部門(mén)在內(nèi)的許多部門(mén)采取限制性措施；例如，使用電子訴訟系統(tǒng)和視頻會(huì)議設(shè)施進(jìn)行審判。隨著立法和司法部門(mén)實(shí)施變革以適應(yīng)疫情帶來(lái)的限制，目前的民事法庭訴訟規(guī)則是否需要適應(yīng)這些變革是一個(gè)問(wèn)題。本文旨在重點(diǎn)探討亞洲的法院為應(yīng)對(duì)疫情而采取的措施，尤其是新加坡。本文將依據(jù)新加坡現(xiàn)行法律，概述使用實(shí)時(shí)視頻鏈接進(jìn)行證人取證的法律依據(jù)，并將以新加坡的民事訴訟為例，與其他司法管轄區(qū)進(jìn)行比較來(lái)審查可能的影響。
關(guān)鍵詞：新冠肺炎；新加坡；虛擬；審判；視頻鏈接
Monetizing Legal Assets: Social and Economic Benefits of Third-Party Dispute Finance in Asia
合法資產(chǎn)貨幣化：亞洲第三方糾紛融資的社會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì)效益
鄺靜儀（Cheng Yee Khong）， Omni Bridgeway
Abstract:
This article explains third-party dispute finance, including practical issues relating to the funding process and how to choose a funder. It examines some of the social benefits of funding and its importance in an economic downturn, and looks at some of the risks of dispute finance. It also considers the regulation of dispute finance in various Asian jurisdictions, as well as recent industry trends, including the use of dispute funding by well-resourced corporates and dispute-finance products for companies. It explains funding for insolvency-related claims and funding for the enforcement of awards and judgments. Finally, it provides two case-studies in which funding provided access to justice and enabled the funded party to recover a non-performing loan in multiple jurisdictions.
Keywords: dispute finance; third-party funding; arbitration funding; litigation funding
摘要：本文解釋了第三方糾紛融資，包括與融資過(guò)程和如何選擇出資人有關(guān)的實(shí)際問(wèn)題；還考察了融資的一些社會(huì)效益及其在經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退中的重要性，以及糾紛融資的一些風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。本文還考慮了亞洲各個(gè)司法管轄區(qū)對(duì)爭(zhēng)端融資的監(jiān)管，以及最近的行業(yè)趨勢(shì)，包括資源充足的公司對(duì)爭(zhēng)端融資的使用和公司的爭(zhēng)端融資產(chǎn)品。解釋了為破產(chǎn)相關(guān)債權(quán)提供資金以及為執(zhí)行裁決和判決提供資金的問(wèn)題。最后，本文列舉了兩個(gè)有關(guān)通過(guò)資金訴諸司法途徑，并使受資助方能夠在多個(gè)司法管轄區(qū)追回不良貸款的案例。
關(guān)鍵詞：糾紛融資；第三方融資；仲裁資金；訴訟資金
Arbitration in Syria: Navigating Postwar Disputes
敘利亞仲裁：駕馭戰(zhàn)后爭(zhēng)端
法里斯·埃利亞斯·納斯魯拉（Faris Elias Nasrallah），沙迦新月石油公司高級(jí)仲裁顧問(wèn)
Abstract:
The place of arbitration within the Syrian legal system has received scant academic and professional attention, and as such, remains largely unstudied. Shedding much-needed light on the nature of arbitration in Syria as a resilient form of ancient customary Arab alternative dispute resolution, this contribution appraises the salient features of the Syrian Arbitration Law 2008 and arbitration-related provisions within recent Syrian legislation. It aims to understand the position of arbitration in Syria between existing national and international law frameworks for dispute settlement and to assess the potential for establishing independent, transparent, and efficient tribunals to resolve disputes arising out of ongoing conflicts that have plagued the country since 2011. If arbitration proves to be a mechanism for ordering the peaceful settlement of postwar disputes within and concerning Syria, parties, practitioners, and stakeholders must employ perspectives that include and are capable of navigating Syria’s existing arbitration landscape.
Keywords: Syria; arbitration; investment law; postwar; dispute settlement
摘要：
敘利亞法律體系中的仲裁很少受到學(xué)術(shù)和專(zhuān)業(yè)人士的關(guān)注，因此在很大程度上仍未得到研究。這篇文章評(píng)估了2008年《敘利亞仲裁法》和敘利亞最近立法中與仲裁有關(guān)的條款的顯著特點(diǎn)，為我們點(diǎn)明了解敘利亞仲裁作為一種古老的阿拉伯習(xí)慣替代爭(zhēng)端解決方式的彈性形式的性質(zhì)。它旨在了解敘利亞仲裁在現(xiàn)有國(guó)家和國(guó)際爭(zhēng)端解決法律框架之間的地位，并評(píng)估建立獨(dú)立、透明和高效的法庭以解決自2011年以來(lái)困擾該國(guó)的持續(xù)沖突所產(chǎn)生的爭(zhēng)端的潛力。如果能證明仲裁可以和平解決敘利亞境內(nèi)及相關(guān)戰(zhàn)后爭(zhēng)端，各政黨、相關(guān)從業(yè)者和有關(guān)利益者就必須采用一種能夠兼容并適應(yīng)敘利亞現(xiàn)有仲裁格局的觀點(diǎn)。
關(guān)鍵詞：敘利亞；仲裁投資法；戰(zhàn)后；爭(zhēng)端解決
Internationalization as a Leap of Faith: Arbitration Reforms in China and the Challenges of Implementation
作為信仰之躍的國(guó)際化：中國(guó)仲裁改革及其實(shí)踐挑戰(zhàn)
黃凱紳（Kai-Shen Huang）, 上海交通大學(xué)中國(guó)法與社會(huì)研究院，凱原法學(xué)院
Abstract:
Recent years have witnessed an increasing trend in Chinese arbitration reform that emulates international norms and practices. This article examines some of these key reform measures and major challenges to their implementation. It explores in both legal and practical terms why most of these reform techniques may remain largely ineffective, showing that engaging in international norms and standards in China can be highly challenging due to their potential illegality, the general lack of institutional capacity to sustain them, and the conflicts of local ideas about the purposes of arbitration. It is thus doubtful whether commitment to satisfying the formal requirements prescribed by the legal reforms would often prevail. When it does, it is questionable whether this form of commitment would become prevalent and how it could proceed in a sustainable and coherent manner from a practical perspective.
Keywords: Chinese arbitration reform; legal reform in China; internationalization;dispute resolution; legal transplants
摘要：
近年來(lái)，中國(guó)仲裁改革呈現(xiàn)出一種效仿國(guó)際規(guī)范和實(shí)踐的趨勢(shì)。本文探討了其中一些關(guān)鍵改革措施及其實(shí)施所面臨的主要挑戰(zhàn)，從法律和實(shí)踐兩個(gè)方面探討了大多數(shù)改革技術(shù)很可能難以實(shí)施的原因——國(guó)際規(guī)范和標(biāo)準(zhǔn)可能因與中國(guó)法律體系不兼容而難以適用并被認(rèn)定違法；普遍缺乏維持這些規(guī)范和標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的機(jī)構(gòu)能力以及適用地難以形成對(duì)仲裁目的的統(tǒng)一認(rèn)識(shí)。能否維持滿(mǎn)足法制改革所提出的形式性要求令人生疑；同樣的，即使可以維系這種承諾，這種形式的承諾是否能得以普及，以及如何從實(shí)際角度以可持續(xù)和連貫的方式進(jìn)行，都是值得懷疑的。
關(guān)鍵詞：中國(guó)仲裁改革；中國(guó)法律改革；國(guó)際化；爭(zhēng)議解決；合法移植
Independent Directors and Team Production in Japanese Corporate Governance
日本公司治理中的獨(dú)立董事與團(tuán)隊(duì)生產(chǎn)
安德魯·約翰遜（Andrew Johnston），考文垂華威大學(xué)法學(xué)院
宮本康平（Kohei Miyamoto），東京中央大學(xué)法學(xué)院
Abstract:
Independent directors (IDs) in listed Japanese companies have gradually increased with the transplant of the Western model of the monitoring board. In practice, however, IDs act more like the mediating hierarch in team production theory than the agent of the shareholders, albeit with a number of differences from Blair and Stout’s seminal model. Japanese IDs mediate formally and informally, resolving vertical disputes between groups of executives as they contest control of the company. Given the norm of lifetime employment, such vertical disputes are common in Japanese companies and are economically significant, since failure to resolve them can result in destruction of firm-specific human capital. The article explores the scope for mediating hierarchy in Japanese law and corporate governance practice, then develops three case-studies which highlight the role played by IDs. Their practice is shaped by and supports social norms that emphasize the importance of continuity in team production.
Keywords: corporate governance; team production; agency theory; independent directors; non-executive directors; mediating hierarchy; Japan
摘要：
隨著西方監(jiān)事會(huì)模式的移植，日本上市公司的獨(dú)立董事逐漸增多。然而，在實(shí)踐中，獨(dú)立董事更像是團(tuán)隊(duì)生產(chǎn)理論中的中介層級(jí)，而不是股東的代理人——盡管與Blair和Stout的開(kāi)創(chuàng)性模型有一些不同。日本獨(dú)立董事可以進(jìn)行正式和非正式的調(diào)解，解決高管群體之間爭(zhēng)奪公司控制權(quán)的縱向糾紛?？紤]到終身雇傭的規(guī)范，這種縱向糾紛在日本公司很常見(jiàn)，而且具有重要的經(jīng)濟(jì)意義，因?yàn)槿绻荒芙鉀Q這些糾紛，可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致公司特定人力資本的破壞。本文探討了日本法律和公司治理實(shí)踐中調(diào)解等級(jí)制度的范圍，然后進(jìn)行了三個(gè)案例研究，突出了獨(dú)立董事所發(fā)揮的作用——他們的行動(dòng)受到強(qiáng)調(diào)團(tuán)隊(duì)生產(chǎn)中連續(xù)性重要性的社會(huì)規(guī)范的影響，并反過(guò)來(lái)又支持了這些規(guī)范。
關(guān)鍵詞：公司治理；團(tuán)隊(duì)生產(chǎn)；代理理論；獨(dú)立董事；非執(zhí)行董事；中介層次；日本
Principles of Asian Contract Law at the Crossroads of Standardization and Legal Pluralism
處于規(guī)范與法律多元化十字路口的亞洲合同法原則
A.Grebieniow，華沙大學(xué)法學(xué)院華沙跨國(guó)法中心
Abstract:
The Principles of Asian Contract Law (PACL) are the most recent addition to the series of uniform laws regarding transnational commercial contracts. This time, the harmonization initiative must address the problem of a great variety of legal traditions, all of which are quite difficult to reconcile. The author focuses on the object and objectives of the PACL by reconsidering the notion of “Asian law” and the alleged cultural neutrality of contract law as a legal discipline. The paper argues that the PACL project lacks clarity. Its ambitious objectives, while apparently intelligible, fail to produce the desired results in their entirety: the Asian regional harmonization of contract law turns out to resemble its occidental forerunners. The study goes beyond the traditional comparative law. It explores the model law (in the making) in a broader context of legal policy, parallel regional private-law-making efforts in the field of contract law as well as in the context of legal globalization.
Keywords: Asian law; transnational law; soft law; contract law; harmonization; legal pluralism
摘要：
《亞洲合同法原則》是關(guān)于跨國(guó)商業(yè)合同的一系列統(tǒng)一法律的最新補(bǔ)充。這一次，統(tǒng)一倡議必須解決各種各樣的法律傳統(tǒng)的問(wèn)題——所有這些傳統(tǒng)都很難調(diào)和。作者通過(guò)重新考慮“亞洲法律”的概念和所謂的合同法作為一門(mén)法律學(xué)科的文化中立性，重點(diǎn)關(guān)注《亞洲合同法原則》的目標(biāo)和目的。論文認(rèn)為《亞洲合同法原則》項(xiàng)目缺乏明確性。其雄心勃勃的目標(biāo)雖然可以理解，但未能產(chǎn)生預(yù)期的整體結(jié)果：合同法的亞洲區(qū)域統(tǒng)一仍與西方前身相似。本文不僅是傳統(tǒng)的比較法研究，其在更廣闊的法律政策視域下探索制定中的模范法，在合同法和法律全球化背景中討論相近的區(qū)域司法制定實(shí)踐。
關(guān)鍵詞：亞洲法律；跨國(guó)法；軟法；合同法；協(xié)調(diào)；法律多元主義
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