Adopting a pioneering ‘post-eclectic’ paradigm, this book systematically demonstrates that private international law must incorporate ‘global common values’ into its normative foundation.Moving beyond abstract theory, the author provides a practical roadmap for addressing ‘vertical’ normative conflicts in four critical domains: the digital economy, decentralised finance, transboundary ecological supply chains, and cross-border bioethics. Drawing upon recent ground-breaking judicial decisions worldwide and the latest developments in Chinese private international law, the book explores how domestic courts can leverage jurisdiction, choice of law, and judgment enforcement to protect these global common values.It is an essential resource for legal scholars, practitioners, and policymakers seeking institutional solutions to secure a sustainable and just globalised world.
Meirong Zhang is an Associate Professor at the Law School, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Her research areas include private international law, international civil and commercial procedure law, and regional conflict of laws.
Part I:From Eclecticism to Post-Eclecticism: Constructing a New Paradigm of Private International Law for Global Governance 1. The Doctrinal Evolution and Normative Limitations of Modern Paradigms in Private International Law 2. The Jurisprudential Construction and Justification of Post-Eclecticism Part II: The Frontiers of Global Justice: The Judicial Practice of Post-Eclecticism in Critical Domains 3. The Realisation of Digital Justice in Private Law: The Normative Evolution from Territorial-Centrism to a Liability-Based Approach 4. The Private Law Realisation of Digital Ethics in Artificial Intelligence: A Normative Evolution from Territorial-Centrism to a ‘Liability-Based’ Approach 5. The Realisation of Climate Justice in Private Law: The Normative Evolution from Territorial-Centrism to a Liability-Based Approach 6. The Realisation of Bioethical Justice in Private Law: Centred upon the Normative Reshaping of Transnational Surrogacy Part III: From Theory to Institution: The Reconstruction of Specific Regimes of Private International Law under Post-Eclecticism 7. The Systemic Reconstruction of Private International Law from the Perspective of Post-Eclecticism: Institutional Responses to Vertical Normative Conflicts Part IV: The Chinese Approach to Private International Law for Global Governance 8. The Chinese Approach Towards Global Good Governance: Domestic Responses to Vertical Normative Conflicts