Journal of Arbitration Studies (한국중재학회지:중재연구)
- Volume 25 Issue 3
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- Pages.33-58
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- 2015
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- 1226-3699(pISSN)
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CISG and Arbitration Agreements: A Janus-Faced Practice and How to Cope with It
- Flecke-Giammarco, Gustav (Heuking Kuhn Luer Wojtek) ;
- Grimm, Alexander (Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main)
- Received : 2015.08.19
- Accepted : 2015.08.27
- Published : 2015.09.01
Abstract
Arbitration clauses or institutional arbitration rules rarely, if ever, specify the law applicable to the arbitration agreement. A wide range of laws may thus govern this question, such as the law at the place of arbitration, the law where the agreement or the award is enforced or the law of the main contract between the parties. It is also conceivable that international uniform law or soft law may play a role. Tribunals and courts seized with this question must consequently decide which of these various laws shall apply to verify the existence and validity of the arbitration agreement. This paper picks up on this controversially debated conflict of laws issue. At times, this debate is characterized by a strong divide between arbitration and international trade law practitioners. But are the different approaches really leading to diverging results in arbitral practice?
Keywords
- Arbitration Agreement;
- Applicable Law;
- CISG;
- Lex Arbitri;
- Seperability Principle;
- Articles II and V New York Convention;
- ICC International Court of Arbitration;
- Article 21 ICC Arbitration Rules