Plurality of legal norms and denationalization of dispute resolution

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K03387
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Nakano Shunichiro 神戸大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (30180326)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 国際私法 / 国際民事訴訟法 / 国際仲裁 / 脱国家化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Combining connecting factors in various ways and broadly respecting parties' choice of law agreement, modern private international law positively utilizes "plurality of legal norms" situation in international civil and commercial disputes. Also, recognition of applicability of non-state laws implies tendency toward "denationalization" of dispute resolution. This tendency can also be observed in the flourishing international commercial arbitration and emerging international commercial courts. Although cross-border effect of agreements obtained in court-annexed mediation might be a problem, those agreements obtained in divorce mediation can be recognized between Japan and neighboring countries like China, South Korea and Taiwan, in almost the same manner as court judgments. Modern tendency towards denationalization of dispute resolution can affect proof and investigation of foreign laws in proceedings of international provisional relief and commercial arbitration.

Free Research Field

国際私法

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

渉外民商事事件の特性の一つが法規範の多元性にあり、それが当事者意思の尊重、紛争解決規範や紛争解決制度の脱国家化傾向につながるということは、従来の研究では明らかにされてこなかったものであり、学術的意義を有する。また、この点を認識することは、今後の国際私法立法や紛争解決制度の構築にあたり、方向性を見誤らないようにするという点で、社会的意義を有すると考えられる。