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‘Hardening’ the soft law of bias: an Indian perspective on the IBA guidelines “强化”偏见软法:印度对国际律师协会指导方针的看法
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1773016
Aman Deep Borthakur
ABSTRACT At the time of writing this article, the global arbitration community eagerly awaits as the United Kingdom Supreme Court hears arguments in its first ever case on an arbitrator challenge. Concerns regarding transparency and fairness in the arbitral process have brought the issues of independence and impartiality into renewed focus. Recent years have seen a greater push towards regulating conflicts of interest that arise from the connections of arbitrators. In 2015, towards the end of bringing the Indian regime on par with global standards, the IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest in International Arbitration were introduced into the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996, the only instance of such adoption in national law. The IBA Guidelines are a soft law instrument designed to help evaluate commonly arising connections that give rise to bias concerns. The Guidelines have certainly met their stated objective of introducing more stringent independence requirements in India, particularly in the case of state employees. At the same time, concerns remain as to whether the bright-line approach of the Guidelines is the best way to address a number of scenarios. This paper seeks to assess the suitability of the Guidelines in light of practices in other jurisdictions. By acknowledging a divergence in approaches to conflicts of interest, it can inform current discourse on developing binding norms for arbitrator independence.
在撰写本文时,全球仲裁界急切地等待着英国最高法院就其首次仲裁员挑战案件听取辩论。对仲裁程序的透明度和公正性的关切使独立和公正问题重新成为人们关注的焦点。近年来,监管因仲裁员之间的联系而产生的利益冲突得到了更大的推动。2015年,为了使印度的制度与全球标准接轨,1996年的印度仲裁与调解法中引入了国际律师协会关于国际仲裁利益冲突的指导方针,这是唯一一个在国内法中采用这种原则的例子。《国际律师协会准则》是一项软法律文书,旨在帮助评估引起偏见担忧的常见联系。《指导方针》当然达到了其既定目标,即在印度实行更严格的独立性要求,特别是在国家雇员的情况下。与此同时,人们仍然关注《准则》的明确方针是否是处理若干情况的最佳办法。本文旨在参照其他司法管辖区的做法,评估《指引》的适宜性。通过承认在处理利益冲突的方法上存在分歧,它可以为目前关于制定仲裁员独立性约束性规范的讨论提供信息。
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Remedying formal irregularities in wills: a comparative analysis of testamentary rescue in Canada and South Africa 补救遗嘱中的形式不规范:加拿大和南非遗嘱救助的比较分析
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1773017
F. du Toit
ABSTRACT This article examines the testamentary rescue provisions contained in the statutes governing wills in Manitoba, British Columbia and South Africa, as well as some of the jurisprudence on the interpretation and application of these provisions. The article thus provides an instructive legal comparative analysis of how formally irregular wills are judicially rescued and, therefore, how testamentary formalism is tempered to ensure that testamentary intentions embodied in informal documents are effectuated in the three jurisdictions under discussion. The article also evaluates (in broad terms) the efficacy of Manitoba’s, British Columbia’s and South Africa’s respective testamentary rescue dispensations, and attends to some lessons and possible solutions to challenges arising from these jurisdictions’ engagement with testamentary rescue.
本文考察了马尼托巴省、不列颠哥伦比亚省和南非的遗嘱法规中包含的遗嘱救助条款,以及对这些条款的解释和适用的一些法理学。因此,本文提供了一个有指导意义的法律比较分析,即正式的不规则遗嘱是如何在司法上得到拯救的,从而如何缓和遗嘱形式主义,以确保体现在非正式文件中的遗嘱意图在所讨论的三个司法管辖区得到实现。本文还评估了(广义的)马尼托巴省、不列颠哥伦比亚省和南非各自的遗嘱救助豁免的效力,并讨论了这些司法管辖区参与遗嘱救助所产生的一些经验教训和可能的解决方案。
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An Australian Indigenous common law right to participate in decision-making 参与决策的一项澳大利亚土著习惯法权利
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1739376
P. McCabe
ABSTRACT Article 18 of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides that Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in decision-making about matters affecting their interests. This is a right Australian Indigenous people largely do not enjoy. Its absence is felt keenly by First Nations people. The 2017 First Nations National Constitutional Convention Uluru Statement from the Heart is a landmark declaration of Indigenous peoples’ desire for recognition in Australia’s Constitution. Its principal demand was the creation of a First Nations Voice, a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous representative body which the Australian Government would be required to consult on decisions affecting Indigenous people. This paper considers Canadian jurisprudence and recent developments in Australian native title jurisprudence in order to argue that it is now open for the common law of Australia to develop to recognise a limited Indigenous right to participate in government decision-making about Indigenous matters.
《联合国土著人民权利宣言》第18条规定,土著人民有权参与涉及其利益事项的决策。这是澳大利亚土著居民在很大程度上没有享受到的权利。原住民深切地感受到它的缺失。2017年第一民族全国制宪大会《发自内心的乌鲁鲁声明》是土著人民渴望在澳大利亚宪法中得到承认的具有里程碑意义的宣言。它的主要要求是建立第一民族之声,这是一个宪法规定的土著代表机构,澳大利亚政府必须就影响土著人民的决定与之协商。本文考虑了加拿大的法理学和澳大利亚土著产权法理学的最新发展,以证明澳大利亚的普通法现在是开放的,以承认有限的土著参与有关土著事务的政府决策的权利。
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Ghana’s jury crisis: implications for constitutional human rights 加纳陪审团危机:对宪法人权的影响
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1763595
J. Ayetey
ABSTRACT Historically deemed a necessary safeguard for the individual against the power of the state and a form of democratic participation, jury trials in Ghana now raise legitimate concerns regarding costs, delays and juror competence. Further, the ‘professionalisation' of this civic duty and the failure of courts to sanction errant jurors undermine the reputation and legitimacy of the court. This paper first highlights the merits of the jury as a democratic institution and provides a concise historical outline of Ghana and its legal system. It then assesses the degree to which various constitutional rights, including the right to a fair trial and trial within a reasonable time, may be violated by the manner in which juries are used in Ghanaian criminal cases. The paper concludes by arguing that the government should not heed calls to abolish the jury and ardently advocates the ‘jury crisis’ be remedied through constitutional and legislative reform.
摘要加纳的陪审团审判历来被视为个人对抗国家权力的必要保障和民主参与的一种形式,现在引起了对成本、延误和陪审员能力的合理担忧。此外,这种公民义务的“专业化”以及法院未能制裁犯错的陪审员,损害了法院的声誉和合法性。本文首先强调了陪审团作为一个民主机构的优点,并简要介绍了加纳及其法律制度的历史概况。然后,它评估了加纳刑事案件中使用陪审团的方式可能在多大程度上侵犯各种宪法权利,包括在合理时间内获得公平审判和审判的权利。论文最后认为,政府不应听从废除陪审团的呼吁,并积极主张通过宪法和立法改革来弥补“陪审团危机”。
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The origins of terms implied by law into English and Australian employment contracts 英国和澳大利亚雇佣合同中法律隐含条款的起源
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1763597
G. Golding
ABSTRACT One of the most significant ways that the common law regulates employment contracts is through the implication of terms by law to fill gaps. This article traces the origins and current status of a selection of key terms implied by law into both English and Australian employment contracts. The majority of those terms have been derived from a combination of equity, tort, and the former master and servant regime. At their inception in English employment law, most were recognised as ‘norms’ in the master and servant regime. Only after the employment relationship was recognised as contractual did these norms become accepted as ‘terms implied by law’, both in England and Australia, yet they lacked proper justification as to why. This re-characterisation is problematic: it avoids adequate consideration of whether such terms are truly necessary in all modern employment situations.
摘要普通法规范雇佣合同最重要的方式之一是通过法律条款的含义来填补空白。本文追溯了英国和澳大利亚雇佣合同中法律隐含的一些关键条款的起源和现状。这些术语大多来源于衡平法、侵权法和前主仆制度的结合。在英国就业法成立之初,大多数都被视为主仆制度中的“规范”。只有在雇佣关系被承认为合同关系后,这些规范才被英国和澳大利亚接受为“法律隐含的条款”,但它们缺乏适当的理由来解释原因。这种重新定性是有问题的:它避免了充分考虑这些术语在所有现代就业情况下是否真的必要。
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Striking the right balance: disclosure of third-party funding 保持适当的平衡:披露第三方资金
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1763599
R. Leinen
ABSTRACT Much debate exists in the field of arbitration as to whether general disclosure of third-party funding is needed. In 2017, Singapore and Hong Kong were the first jurisdictions to introduce obligations to disclose the existence and identity of a third-party funder at the outset of arbitration proceedings. In contrast, there is little debate as to whether general disclosure of third-party funding is needed in the litigation context. This article aims to address this gap by highlighting relevant concerns about non-disclosed third-party funding in litigation proceedings in general, and in England and Wales in particular. The article also examines the scope and character of the new disclosure obligations in Singapore and Hong Kong and provides a comparative analysis of differences and cross-cutting issues regarding third-party funding disclosure in litigation and commercial arbitration.
关于是否需要普遍披露第三方资金,在仲裁领域存在很多争论。2017年,新加坡和香港率先引入了在仲裁程序开始时披露第三方出资人存在和身份的义务。相比之下,对于在诉讼背景下是否需要全面披露第三方资金,几乎没有争论。本文旨在通过强调一般诉讼程序中未披露的第三方资金的相关问题,特别是在英格兰和威尔士,来解决这一差距。本文还考察了新加坡和香港新披露义务的范围和特征,并对诉讼和商事仲裁中第三方资金披露的差异和交叉问题进行了比较分析。
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Judicial intervention into political parties: Setka v Carroll [2019] VSC 571 对政党的司法干预:Setka v Carroll〔2019〕VSC 571
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1739386
Harry Stratton
ABSTRACT In Setka v Carroll [2019] VSC 571, the Supreme Court of Victoria rejected an attempt to use private causes of action and remedies to vindicate civil rights to participate in a political party. The decision stands in stark contrast to earlier English and Australian decisions, which have used injunctions restraining breaches of contract or the deprivation of proprietary interests to prevent wrongful expulsions and enforce political parties’ rules. This note considers the weaknesses of private law remedies in protecting party members’ rights, and the possibility of more conventional judicial review of party decisions.
摘要在Setka诉Carroll【2019】VSC 571案中,维多利亚州最高法院驳回了利用私人诉讼理由和补救措施来维护公民参与政党权利的企图。这一决定与英国和澳大利亚早期的决定形成了鲜明对比,后者使用禁令限制违反合同或剥夺所有权,以防止非法驱逐并执行政党规则。本说明考虑了私法补救措施在保护党员权利方面的弱点,以及对政党决定进行更常规司法审查的可能性。
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Legislating the concept of the independent company director: recent Indian reforms seen through Australian eyes 立法独立公司董事的概念:从澳大利亚人的角度看印度最近的改革
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1773018
Pamela Hanrahan, Anil Hargovan
ABSTRACT Recent amendments to the definition of ‘independent director’ in the Companies Act 2013 of India have reopened discussion about what makes a director truly independent. A key question is whether the existence of any pecuniary relationship between a director and his or her company, including one on arm’s length terms, is always antithetical to independence. This article compares the role of independent directors in Indian and Australian corporate governance, and the ways in which the two jurisdictions legislate for the concept of the independent company director. While there are differences between the Indian and Australian approaches to defining independence, it is difficult to demonstrate a link with the different roles independent directors play in the two systems. Further attention to independent directors’ distinctive role may provide a way forward in the current debate in India.
摘要最近,印度《2013年公司法》对“独立董事”的定义进行了修订,重新开启了关于董事真正独立的讨论。一个关键问题是,董事与其公司之间是否存在任何金钱关系,包括公平关系,是否总是与独立性背道而驰。本文比较了独立董事在印度和澳大利亚公司治理中的作用,以及这两个司法管辖区为独立公司董事概念立法的方式。尽管印度和澳大利亚在定义独立性方面存在差异,但很难证明独立董事在这两种制度中所扮演的不同角色之间的联系。进一步关注独立董事的独特作用可能会为印度当前的辩论提供一条前进的道路。
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The ascertainment of the applicable law in the absence of choice in India and South Africa: a shared future in the BRICS 印度和南非在没有选择的情况下确定适用法律:金砖国家的共同未来
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2020-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2020.1773019
Saloni Khanderia
ABSTRACT India and South Africa have continued to embrace the traditional century-old principles of the English common law to identify the law that would govern an international contract. In the absence of codification of the rules of private international law of these jurisdictions, the principles on the subject are primarily judge-made. The governing law in these jurisdictions continues to be identified by the principle of the proper law of the contract. The application of the theory has been problematic for being overly flexible with little or no certainty when the parties have failed to expressly or impliedly designate a proper law for their contract. The courts invoke the test of the ‘closest and most real connection’. The paper identifies the inconsistencies in the principles on the subject in India and South Africa. It suggests plausible new approaches which may be adopted by the courts for the development of their private international laws.
印度和南非继续采用英国普通法的百年传统原则,以确定适用于国际合同的法律。在这些司法管辖区没有编纂国际私法规则的情况下,有关这一主题的原则主要是由法官制定的。这些司法管辖区的准据法继续由合同适用法原则确定。该理论的应用存在问题,因为当当事人未能明确或暗示地为其合同指定适当的法律时,该理论过于灵活,很少或没有确定性。法院援引了“最密切和最真实的联系”的测试。该文件指出了印度和南非在这一问题上的原则不一致之处。它提出了法院为发展其国际私法而可能采用的合理的新办法。
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Corporate board gender diversity in the shadow of the controlling shareholder—an Indian perspective 控股股东阴影下的公司董事会性别多样性——印度视角
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2019-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2019.1642086
Akshaya Kamalnath, A. Masselot
ABSTRACT Corporate board gender diversity has been canvassed for two reasons—business benefits and gender equality. The most convincing reason for board gender diversity seems to be that diverse boards are more effective monitors of management. In other words, the corporate governance case is the most convincing aspect of the business case. Drawing from the analogy of independent directors who are meant to improve corporate governance, this article focuses on the effectiveness of board gender diversity as a corporate governance measure in India. The article also examines, to a limited extent, the equality case for board gender diversity, its articulation, and its effectiveness in the Indian context. Finally, the article makes recommendations to ensure that the gender diversity measures are effective both in terms of corporate governance and equality in India. Thus, the article addresses a gap in legal scholarship on the effectiveness of the board gender diversity measures in India.
公司董事会性别多样性受到广泛关注的原因有两个:商业利益和性别平等。董事会性别多元化最令人信服的理由似乎是,多元化的董事会能更有效地监督管理层。换句话说,公司治理案例是业务案例中最令人信服的方面。本文以独立董事改善公司治理为比喻,重点研究印度董事会性别多元化作为公司治理措施的有效性。本文还在有限程度上考察了董事会性别多样性的平等案例,其表达方式及其在印度背景下的有效性。最后,本文提出建议,以确保性别多样性措施在印度的公司治理和平等方面都是有效的。因此,本文解决了印度董事会性别多样性措施有效性的法律学术差距。
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