A review of our book from the European Association of Private International Law!
Last December, a group of academics and advocates of mediation (including yours truly) published a commentary on the Singapore Convention through Edward Elgar. We just received a kind review from the European Association of Private International Law for which we are very grateful for. Amongst other things, it noted the following:
“[The book] provides deep theoretical and practical analysis of the Convention and its consequences for the promotion of mediation as a mechanism to solve commercial conflicts with a cross-border character. In particular, this work includes a comparative approach with perspectives from five continents and a variety of legal traditions, a critical discussion of every stage from the negotiation to the conclusion of the Convention, with proposals for the Convention’s implementation and application by States and regional organisations. A particular feature of the work is that it provides contributions of a diverse group of leading practitioners and academics from diverse legal backgrounds and jurisdictions, including some who participated of the negotiation of the Singapore Convention itself.”
Whenever I write anything and send it out into the world (including this little blurb), I am immediately filled with a feeling of dread and remorse. This is due, in most part, to the fact that I suffer from a serious case of imposter syndrome. That plus an unhealthy need for external validation (although this is getting less and less as I work through an assortment of issues with my wonderful therapist). I feel anxious because I do not feel secure enough in my knowledge and question the level of my analysis. So much so that I doubt whether what I am putting out into the world has any added value. I must say that in a world drowning in unnecessarily negative and dismissive comments (#reviewer2), I am grateful when people do take the time to offer kind (and/or constructive) feedback for the work that I have done or that I have contributed to and I find myself - at least momentarily - feeling happy and relieved.
So thank you to EAPIL and also to Guillermo Palao Moreno over at the University of Valencia for looping me into this delightful project.