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Suggested readings 👓

⚠️ The inclusion of books, articles, or reports on this site does not constitute any endorsement of their content or an assessment of their quality. This list is intended solely as a resource for those interested in International Commercial Courts (ICommCs), and the site assumes no responsibility for the information provided in these materials.

Books

  • Albert Henke, Marco Torsello, Elena Zucconi Galli Fonseca (edited by) International Commercial Courts. A Paradigm for the Future of Adjudication? Napoli, Italy, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2024

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  • Lord Woolf CH, A Vision of the AIFC Court / Edited by Christopher Campbell-Holt, Astana, Kazakhstan: AIFC Court, 2019 (available on the AIFC Court’s website)

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  • Stavros Brekoulakis, Georgios Dimitropoulos (edited by) International Commercial Courts: the future of transnational adjudication Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2022

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  • Joseph Jupille, Walter Mattli, Duncan Snidal, Institutional Choice and Global Commerce, Cambridge University Press, 2013 (especially Chapter 4, Creating the first international court of commercial dispute resolution)

Academic articles

  • A. S. King, P. K. Bookman, Traveling Judges, Cambridge University Press (which focuses on foreign judges’ role across history and geography), 477-533

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  • B. Eder, The Driving Forces behind the Swinging Pendulum, in Transnational Commercial Disputes in an Age of Anti-Globalism and Pandemic, 2023, 115-134

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  • C. De Vera, Arbitrating Harmony: Med-Arb and the Confluence of Culture and Rule of Law in the Resolution of International Commercial Disputes in China, 2004, in Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 150-194

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  • C. V. Giabardo, Private Justice: The Privatisation of Dispute Resolution and the Crisis of Law, 2020, in Wolverhampton Law Journal

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  • D. H. Glenn, Why the Privatisation of Civil Justice is a Rule of Law Issue, 36th F. A. Mann  Lecture, Lincoln’s Inn

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  • G. B. Born, Why States Should Not Ratify, and Should Instead Denounce, the Hague Choice-Of-Court Agreements Convention, in Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 2021

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  • H. Zhengxin, Y. Man, Comparing the International Commercial Courts of China with the Singapore International Commercial Court, in International Comparative Law Quarters, 2019, 903-942

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  • L. Ang, International Commercial Courts and The Interplay Between Realism And Institutionalism – A Look At China And Singapore, in CALS Working Paper Series, 2015

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  • M. S. Erie, The New Legal Hubs: The Emergent Landscape of International Commercial Dispute Resolution, in Virginia Journal of International Law (which focus on the dynamics of the ecosystems, the legal hubs, which revolve around the ICommCs)

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  • Z. Mollengarden, « One stop » Dispute Resolution on the Belt and Road: Toward an International Commercial Court with Chinese Characteristics, in UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal, 2019, 64-111

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  • P. K. Bookman, The Adjudication Business, Fordham University, School of Law, 2020, in The Yale Journal of International Law, 227-283

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  • W. Gu, J. Tam, The Global Rise of International Commercial Courts: Typology and Power Dynamics, in Chicago Journal of International Law, Vol. 22 No. 2

Reports

  • Haut Comité Juridique de la Place financière de Paris, Préconisation sur la mise en place à Paris de chambres spécialisées, 2017 (report preceding the establishment of the French ICommC - only in French)

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  • Linklaters, International Commercial Courts Review 2022

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  • L. Neylson, Dispute Settlement with Chinese Characteristics: Assessing China’s International Commercial Court, US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2023

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  • Portland, Commercial Courts Report 2024

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  • Singapore International Commercial Court Committee, Report of the Singapore International Commercial Court Committee, 2013 (report preceding the establishment of the SICC)

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  • Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts, Report of the fourth full meeting, 2022

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  • The Law Society of England and Wales, International Data and Insights Report, 2024

Surveys

  • Queen Mary University of London, White & Case LLP, 2021 International Arbitration Survey: Adapting arbitration to a changing world (be aware that a new updated survey is being conducted and the results will be published in 2025, according to Queen Mary’s website)

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  • School of Law, Singapore Management University, SIDRA International Dispute Resolution Survey, 2022

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