Harmonization of Jurisdictional and/or Choice-of-Law Rules: Introduction to the Asian Principles of Private International Law (APPIL) Project

This article aims to introduce the Asian Principles of Private International Law (APPIL) Project, which endeavors to facilitate the exchange of ideas on Private International Law (PIL) among scholars and to harmonize PIL within the Asian region. The APPIL Project emerged from the longstanding scholarly exchanges between Korea and Japan, and Korean scholars and Korean law have significantly contributed to the APPIL Project discussions. Given the considerable diversity within Asia, the need for harmonization of PIL in this region is even more pressing than in Europe or the Americas. If successful, the harmonization experiment in Asia could serve as a model for the rest of the world.