Book Review: Choice of Forum Clauses in Asia (Lemuel L Lopez)

Chukwuma Okoli

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Academic publicationInternational civil procedureSingapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Indonesia, Japan05 October 2026

Choice-of-court agreements in Asia: Party autonomy and court practice

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Chukwuma Okoli evaluates Lemuel L. Lopez's Choice of Forum Clauses in Asia through enforcement of forum agreements in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, Indonesia and Japan. It stresses that a forum clause records a private commitment while also affecting the exercise of judicial authority.

The review stresses that procedure, judicial discretion and public interests shape the agreement's effect alongside party autonomy. Okoli identifies careful drafting and predictable judicial treatment among the book's central contributions.

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Issue

How courts in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, Indonesia and Japan understand and enforce choice of forum clauses in international commercial contracts.

Why does it matter?

The comparison shows why the effect of forum agreements must be assessed with court procedure and discretion alongside party autonomy.

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international civil procedure academic research comparative law contracts recognition and enforcement foreign judgments

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