Preface

Part 1: Concepts and Methods

Introduction: Selective Adaptation, Institutional Capacity, and theReception of International Law under Conditions of Globalization /Pitman B. Potter

Global Competition Governance: A Step towards Constitutionalizationof the WTO / Ljiljana Biukovic

Methodology and Current Research Directions in Cross-CulturalConflict Resolution / Emma Buchtel

Part 2: Local Implementation of GlobalStandards

Globalization and Local Culture in Contracts: Japanese Companies inThailand / Yoshitaka Wada

NAFTA, Labour Mobility, and Dispute Resolution within a NorthAmerican Context / Kathrine Richardson

The TRIPS Agreement and New Developments in IP Law in China /Liao Zhigang

Competition Policy, Capacity Building, and Selective Adaptation:Tentative Lessons from Japan's Experience with Anti-Cartel Policies/ Richard Schwindt and Devin McDaniels

Selective Adaptation of Economic Governance Norms in China:Transparency and Autonomy in Local Context / Pitman B.Potter

Part 3: Case Studies on Dispute Resolution

International Dispute Resolution in Japan: A Combination of Judicialand Other Systems / Maomi Iwase

Introduction to International Trade Dispute Settlement in China /Wang Shuliang

Alternate Dispute Resolution in Japanese Legal Education:Preliminary Evidence from the 2003 and 2004 Curricula / MayumiSaegusa and Julian Dierkes

A Comparative Study of Olympic Marks Protection and Beyond: Canada,the United States, and China / Wenwei Guan

Conclusion: Reaching Normative Consensus in International Trade Law/ Ljiljana Biukovic

Contributors

Index

The trade principles of Western liberal democracies are at the core of
international trade law regimes and standards. Are non-Western
societiesadopting international standards, or are they adapting
them to local norms and cultural values? This volume employs the
paradigm of selective adaptation to explain the reception of
international trade law in the Pacific Rim. Drawing on examples from
China, Japan, Thailand, and North America, the contributors show that
formal acceptance of international trade standards does not necessarily
translate into uniform enforcement and acceptance at the local level.
They offer compelling evidence that non-uniform compliance will be a
legitimate outcome of the globalization of international trade law.

Pitman B. Potter is the Hong Kong Bank Chair inAsian Research at the Institute of Asian Research and a professor oflaw at the University of British Columbia.

Ljiljana Biukovic is an associate professor of lawat the University of British Columbia.

Contributors: Emma Buchte, Julian Dierkes, WenweiGuan, Maomi Iwase, Devin McDaniels, Kathrine Richardson, MayumiSaegusa, Richard Schwindt, Wang Shuliang,Yoshitaka Wada, LiaoZhigang