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An overview of Macao’s new arbitration law: provisional measures and recognition of arbitral awards

Authors :
Wang, Chao
Lin, Zhuoxin
Source :
China-EU Law Journal; May 2023, Vol. 8 Issue: 3-4 p107-121, 15p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

As a special administrative region of China, Macao preserves a previous continental European civil law system with a transition into a Chinese constitutional and legal framework, embedded in a mixture of Chinese and Portuguese legal culture. Since its return to China in 1999, Macao has seen a rapid economic growth in the past 20 years with a drastic social and economic change. To respond to the increasing number of civil and commercial disputes, Macao adopted a new arbitration law at the end of 2019 to facilitate and promote the use of arbitration as an alternative to the court litigation in settling civil and commercial disputes. With a comparison of the content of Macao’s former Law on Voluntary Arbitration(29/96/M) of 1996 and the New Arbitration Law in light of the region’s civil procedure system, this article will provide an overview and preliminary analysis on Macao’s New Arbitration Law of 2019, with a focus on the scope of application of the New Arbitration Law, provisional and interim measures, and recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18685153 and 18685161
Volume :
8
Issue :
3-4
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
China-EU Law Journal
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
ejs62852061
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12689-023-00098-0