The concept of the One Belt One Road initiative (OBOR) was raised by the President of the People’s Republic of China in October 2013. The OBOR comprises the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’ and the ‘21st Century Maritime Silk Road’, encompassing over 60 countries from Asia to Europe via Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, and the Middle East. The overall objective of the OBOR is to encourage the economic prosperity of the countries along the Belt and Road and regional economic cooperation, encourage mutual learning between different civilizations, and promoting peace and development. However, countries along the Belt and Road routes of the OBOR project have diverse laws and legal systems. It is not difficult to envisage problems relating to harmonisation of laws and rules in trade between countries along the OBOR routes or otherwise. These problems can potentially cut through the core of the very objective of the OBOR itself.

Item Type:	Edited Book
Keywords:	one belt one road, private international law, harmonisation
Research Division:	Law and Legal Studies
Research Group:	International and comparative law
Research Field:	Conflict of laws (incl. private international law)
Objective Division:	Law, Politics and Community Services
Objective Group:	Justice and the law
Objective Field:	Legal processes
UTAS Author:	Sooksripaisarnkit, P (Dr Poomintr Sooksripaisarnkit)
ID Code:	126015
Year Published:	2018
Deposited By:	Maritime and Logistics Management
Deposited On:	2018-05-18
Last Modified:	2018-05-22
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