Commercial Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Kingdom

September 14, 2017 Anirudh Bhati

A meeting at the Cambodian Arbitration Council; Photo credit: International Labor Organization; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (not to be confused with the National Commercial Arbitration Center) — A meeting at the Cambodian Arbitration Council; Photo credit: International Labor Organization; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (not to be confused with the National Commercial Arbitration Center)

Cambodia's National Commercial Arbitration Center has successfully settled its first two cases. This is an important milestone for the NCAC and for building successful institutions in Cambodia. It also provides a homegrown alternative to Cambodia’s court system.

Cambodia’s Porous Borders: An Impediment to Rule of Law and an Inducement to Corruption

July 30, 2017 Anirudh Bhati

Image: Poipet (Thai border), Cambodia. 2; James Antrobus; CC BY 2.0 — Image: Poipet (Thai border), Cambodia. 2; James Antrobus; CC BY 2.0

It is no secret that Cambodia’s borders are quite porous. Much of the illegal cross-border trade seems to be accomplished with a nod and a wink – there are established, though of course informal, understandings as to how to get people and goods across formal, legal border crossings, as well as informal border crossings which seem to be well known and accessible, as the author discovered in the course of her field work in Cambodia.

Japanese Law and Cambodian Justice: Beyond Legal Transplants in Contemporary Legal Reform

July 25, 2017 Anirudh Bhati

Image: An allegory of the New fighting the Old in early Meiji Japan, circa 1870; Source: Printing Museum News N36

The involvement of Japanese experts in the preparation of the new Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure and other requisite legal instruments (so as to ensure a fully functional infrastructure for the recognition of contracts, contract enforcement, the protection of property rights, the enshrining individual rights and the rule of law, into legal code) is reflective of a benign foreign policy adopted by Japan that is aimed at building symbiotic and synergistic relationships with her partners.

Accessing resources on Cambodian law

July 6, 2017 Anirudh Bhati

One of the challenges of legal research in Cambodia is the lack of a publicly-accessible updated and accurate database of all laws and regulations in the Kingdom.

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