Domestic Courts Declining to Recognize and Enforce Foreign Arbitral Awards: A Comparative Reflection
© The Author(s) (2018). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. The article examines the 'public policy exception' by which domestic judges decline to recognize and enforce international arbitration awards under Article V(2)(b) of the 1958 NewYork Convention. It explores litigation in China and NewYork to identify reasons invoked by domestic courts, viewed comparatively, to decline to enforce foreign arbitration awards on localized public policy grounds. It examines the nature and operation of public policy and due process defences, and considers the difficulties faced by domestic courts in delineating the concept of substantive and procedural justice clearly and reliably. The article examines the prospect of domestic courts refining shared norms of transnational public policy and due process of law that transcend their differences.