Book contents
- International Commercial Courts
- Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
- International Commercial Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- International Commercial Courts: The Future of Transnational Adjudication – An Introduction
- Part I A Contextual Perspective to International Commercial Courts
- Part II Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Enforcement of Judgments
- Part III Procedure, Function, Organization
- 10 The Design of International Commercial Courts
- 11 Internationalizing Domestic Courts in Europe
- 12 The Legitimacy and Ethics of International Commercial Court Judges
- 13 Counsel Ethics in Transnational Lawyering
- 14 The Use of Technology at International Commercial Courts
- Part IV The Interplay between International Commercial Courts and Other Dispute Resolution Fora
- Part V International Commercial Courts and Global Governance
- Index
12 - The Legitimacy and Ethics of International Commercial Court Judges
from Part III - Procedure, Function, Organization
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2022
- International Commercial Courts
- Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
- International Commercial Courts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- International Commercial Courts: The Future of Transnational Adjudication – An Introduction
- Part I A Contextual Perspective to International Commercial Courts
- Part II Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Enforcement of Judgments
- Part III Procedure, Function, Organization
- 10 The Design of International Commercial Courts
- 11 Internationalizing Domestic Courts in Europe
- 12 The Legitimacy and Ethics of International Commercial Court Judges
- 13 Counsel Ethics in Transnational Lawyering
- 14 The Use of Technology at International Commercial Courts
- Part IV The Interplay between International Commercial Courts and Other Dispute Resolution Fora
- Part V International Commercial Courts and Global Governance
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the link between the legitimacy of international commercial courts and the ethics of their judges. It starts from the premise that the professional ethics of judges are not only a matter of their personal and professional integrity. Instead, the chapter argues, the international and cross-cultural context of international commercial courts may affect what is considered appropriate for a judge. To demonstrate this argument, the chapter analyses ethical rules regarding ex parte communication between judges and parties or their lawyers, and the cultural differences among legal systems. It concludes by calling on the host States to commit energy and resources to develop separate codes of conduct for the judges presiding in the international commercial courts that they have created.
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- International Commercial CourtsThe Future of Transnational Adjudication, pp. 299 - 314Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022