Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Table of International Instruments
- Abbreviations
- 1 An Introduction to Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- Part I Rationales, Motivations and Design
- Domestic Drivers
- 2 My Reflections as a Foreign Judge in the Commonwealth
- 3 Judges from Other Common Law Jurisdictions on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
- 4 Foreign Judges in Liechtenstein’s Courts
- 5 The SICC, International Judges and International Commercial Dispute Resolution
- 6 Foreign Judges in the Macau Special Administrative Region of China
- International Influences
- Part II Implications and Impact
- Index
5 - The SICC, International Judges and International Commercial Dispute Resolution
from Domestic Drivers
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2023
- The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- The Cambridge Handbook of Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Table of International Instruments
- Abbreviations
- 1 An Introduction to Foreign Judges on Domestic Courts
- Part I Rationales, Motivations and Design
- Domestic Drivers
- 2 My Reflections as a Foreign Judge in the Commonwealth
- 3 Judges from Other Common Law Jurisdictions on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal
- 4 Foreign Judges in Liechtenstein’s Courts
- 5 The SICC, International Judges and International Commercial Dispute Resolution
- 6 Foreign Judges in the Macau Special Administrative Region of China
- International Influences
- Part II Implications and Impact
- Index
Summary
The members of the Singapore International Commercial Court (‘SICC’) include both Singaporean and non-Singaporean ‘international’ judges. The SICC is domestic, in that it is established under Singaporean law as a division of the Singapore Court system, and international in the sense that it hears international commercial disputes, including cases which have no connection with Singapore apart from a choice of court agreement designating the SICC as the forum for dispute resolution. This chapter identifies the rationales for the appointment of international judges to the SICC, contrasting the SICC with domestic courts which use foreign judges and with nine other international commercial courts around the world. It shows how the different objectives and target markets of international commercial courts, as well as the constitutional laws and traditions of the host state, influence the decision whether or not to appoint foreign judges. The chapter suggests that international commercial dispute resolution today favours the appointment of specialist foreign judges to commercial courts having similar aspirations as the SICC.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023