The Vicissitudes of transnational commercial arbitration and the lex mercatoria: A view from the periphery

Arbitration International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-78

  Nottage, Luke ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand ^*  (New Zealand)

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EID: 11844274383     PISSN: 09570411     EISSN: 18758398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arbitration/16.1.53     Document Type: Article

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