International Dispute Settlement in an Evolving Global Society Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Table of treaties
- Table of cases
- 1 An evolving international society: institutionalization, privatization, globalization
- 2 A constitutional court for an international society?
- 3 Individuals and settlement of international claims: change and adaptation of governing rules
- 4 Individuals before international courts and tribunals: a continuing progression
- 5 Shaping a new role for the individual in international dispute settlement: the contribution of specialized jurisdictions
- 6 The World Trade Organization integrated dispute settlement system: innovation and transition
- 7 An alternative dispute resolution system for international disputes
- 8 A centralized-decentralized dispute resolution system for the international community?
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Shaping a new role for the individual in international dispute settlement: the contribution of specialized jurisdictions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Table of treaties
- Table of cases
- 1 An evolving international society: institutionalization, privatization, globalization
- 2 A constitutional court for an international society?
- 3 Individuals and settlement of international claims: change and adaptation of governing rules
- 4 Individuals before international courts and tribunals: a continuing progression
- 5 Shaping a new role for the individual in international dispute settlement: the contribution of specialized jurisdictions
- 6 The World Trade Organization integrated dispute settlement system: innovation and transition
- 7 An alternative dispute resolution system for international disputes
- 8 A centralized-decentralized dispute resolution system for the international community?
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Emerging trends in a global society
It has been pointed out above that the current process of economic globalization is having a potentially decisive impact on the structure of international society and the evolving role of international law. A particular expression of this development is the prominent role assumed by the individual in international dispute settlement related to such globalization. This role has already been well established in the context of investment disputes and is beginning to permeate the arrangements for dispute settlement in international trade, economic integration and other specialized forms of jurisdiction, the most relevant of which will be examined in this chapter.
A highly influential factor in this process is the role of market economies in the context of globalization, which constitutes a common thread underlying most of the new dispute settlement arrangements. As Shihata has explained with regard to national dispute settlement arrangements:
The settlement of disputes through adequate institutions acquires a unique importance in the context of transition from a command economy to a market economy. In the former, the function of dispute-settlement institutions is perhaps akin to an administrative one, mostly concerned with the timely fulfillment of an economic plan. In a market economy, by contrast, economic actors will be left, within certain limits defined by law, to pursue their own economic strategies. Long-term success of those strategies will depend on a climate of stability and predictability, where business risks may be rationally assessed, transaction costs lowered, market failures addressed and governmental arbitrariness reduced. In such a context, fair and efficient dispute settlement institutions will be required as an integral part of the legal framework.
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- International Dispute Settlement in an Evolving Global SocietyConstitutionalization, Accessibility, Privatization, pp. 63 - 84Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004