The Voice from China

Reflects the specific idea/ideal/proposal and special voice of a senior & eminent Chinese scholar, with regard to law-making, law-enforcing, law-abiding and law-reforming in the field of international economic relations May contradict in many ways the mainstream voices of western scholars in this same field Closely combines legal analysis with a wealth of historical facts and lessons May provide valuable lessons for other weak developing countries, both with regard to jurisprudential thoughts on the current international economic order in general, and specifically with regard to their participation in international investment law-making & international commercial/investment arbitration Will help readers to gain a better understanding of China's position or practice in its international economic intercourse Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Professor CHEN An is Senior Professor of Xiamen University School of Law, China; Chairman of the Chinese Society of International Economic Law from 1993 and Honorable Chairman of the same from 2012 to present; International Arbitrator, selected and designated by the Chinese government to the ICSID since 1993.

Born in 1929, Professor CHEN began studying law in 1946 and resumed his research of international economic law in Harvard when China opened up to the world. Professor CHEN is one of the founders of international economic law in new China.

Since the publication of The Voice from China, the book has attracted many top professors around the world to read and discuss. Some of them have given useful and relevant comments on the book which could be of great help for readers to get a deep understanding of the book. A collection of these comments could be found at:

http://law.xmu.edu.cn/Detail/CollegeNews/128394 or

http://www.csiel.org/newsinfo.aspx?newsID=1381&newsCateID=87&news_Id=87&CateId=87&ViewCateID=87 .

Inhalt

Preface.- Introduction.- Jurisprudence of Contemporary International Economic Law.- Great Debates on Contemporary Economic Sovereignty.- China's Strategic Position on Contemporary International Economic Order Issues.- Divergences on Contemporary Bilateral Investment Treaty.- Contemporary China's Legislation on Sino-Foreign Economic Issues.- Contemporary Chinese Practices on International Economic Disputes (Cases Analysis).- Annex.