Document Type
Article
Publication Title
The American Journal of International Law
Volume
116
Publication Date
2022
Abstract
Around the world, domestic courts focused on commercial disputes hire foreign judges. The practice seems to resemble arbitration, but is also rooted in colonialism. These traveling judges are predominantly retired English judges hired by small, market-dominant jurisdictions, like Hong Kong or Dubai. The judges’ identities reveal efforts to harness business preferences for English common law into domestic court systems. While judges aspire to spread the rule of law, local politics may dictate these courts’ futures. This Article maps the practice of traveling judges and explores its implications.
Recommended Citation
Alyssa S. King and Pamela K. Bookman,
Traveling Judges, 116 Am. J. Int'l. L. 477
(2022)
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Rights
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press for The American Society of International Law.
