General: George W. Ball: Diplomicy for a Crowded World. Bodley Head, London, 1976, x, 356p., £5.

1978 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-256

GENERAL: GEORGE W. BALL : Diplomacy for a Crowded World. GENERAL: MORDEVHAI E. KVEININ : International Economics: A Policy Approach. GENERAL: A.E. KARMALI : International Commercial Arbitration. N.M. Tripathi GENERAL: A. E. KARMALI and N. R. KANTAWALA : International Contracts: The Law and Practice of International Contracts. GENERAL: STEPHEN A. MARGLIN : Value and Price in the Labour-Surplus Economy. GENERAL: S. K. VERGHESE : Foreign Exchange and Financing of Foreign Trade. GENERAL: B. MAXWELL STAMPER : Population and planning in Developing Nations: A Review of Sixty Development Plans for the 1970s. GENERAL: JOHN CONNELL and MICHAEL LIPTON : Assesssing Village Labour Situations in Developing Countries.

2020 ◽  
pp. 6-21
Author(s):  
Volodymyr NAHNYBIDA

The article examines the essence and significance of the principle of party autonomy in international commercial arbitration when choosing the law applicable to the substance of the dispute. Terminological issues of the content of the concepts «essence of the dispute» and «applicable law» are considered separately. It is suggested that the substance of the dispute, to which the substantive law chosen by the parties or established by the arbitral tribunal applies, should cover a wide range of issues related to the rights and obligations of the parties arising from the conclusion, interpretation, enforcement, violation, termination or invalidity of the relevant foreign trade contract. It is summarized that the implementation of the party autonomy to choose the applicable substantive law by including in the foreign trade agreement the relevant provision is based on the normative permission enshrined in the lex fori, under whose jurisdiction arbitration takes place, and has its consequences in recognizing and enforcing arbitral awards. The author points out that the arbitrators have no obligation to apply the substantive law of the state of the place of arbitration to the substance of the dispute, which corresponds to the right of the parties to determine such a right independently, without imperative binding to a particular legal system. It is concluded that the delineation of the choices of substantive law before the parties is not regulated by law, leaving these issues to the discretion of the parties and the arbitration, for the analysis of which one should turn to science, arbitration and court case law. It is also necessary to consider options for establishing the substantive law applicable to the substance of the dispute: on the basis of direct or indirect choice made by the parties, or, in the absence or defect, the impossibility of realization of such a choice, the establishment of applicable law by an arbitration tribunal according to conflict of laws it considers appropriate. This logic is enshrined in all of the national arbitration laws which are analysed and is traced in the rules of arbitration institutions. The article argues that today the parties are free to choose not only national legal systems, but also non-national legal regulators (transnational principles of law, business practices, etc.), can subject various aspects of the dispute to different legal instruments with different degrees of binding power, and also to withdraw from them altogether and agree to settle the case in accordance with the equity principles or to give the arbitrator the mandate of an «amiable compositeur».


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 116-130
Author(s):  
Serhii Kravtsov ◽  
Nelli Golubeva

The main reason for dispute in international commercial arbitration is the existence of an arbitration agreement concluded between the parties to a foreign trade agreement. The procedure of dispute resolution in international commercial arbitration will depend on the extent to which this arbitration agreement is concluded correctly in accordance with the norms of international and national law. Quite often, in the law enforcement activities of both national courts and arbitrations, there are questions about the validity, effectiveness, and enforceability of an arbitration agreement. In different countries, this issue is addressed ambiguously. In one case, national law takes precedence, and, accordingly, national courts are empowered to consider the validity, effectiveness, and enforceability of an arbitration agreement. In other cases, however, the autonomy of the arbitration agreement is a priority aspect of the consideration of any procedural issues by international commercial arbitration as the only and indisputable body authorised by the parties to the foreign trade agreement to consider a particular dispute. The article analyses doctrinal and legislative approaches to this issue, in which the authors come to the logical conclusion that national courts do not consider the validity, effectiveness, and enforceability of an arbitration agreement.


Author(s):  
Oda Hiroshi

This concluding chapter explores the enforcement of arbitral awards. There are two primary laws relevant to the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards of international commercial arbitration in Russia: the Law on International Commercial Arbitration of 1993 and the Code of Commercial Court Procedure of 2002. The former has the basic provision on the recognition and enforcement of awards and the grounds for refusal, while the latter provides for the procedural aspects of recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards. It is an established principle of international commercial arbitration that in deciding whether enforcement of awards is allowed or not, courts are not entitled to review the case on its merits. However, Russian judges are not always aware of this fundamental rule, or do not comply with it. The chapter then looks at the grounds for the refusal of recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and the way Russian courts interpret these grounds. Particularly important is the understanding of public order by Russian courts. Finally, the practice of ‘Russian Torpedo’ is discussed.


Author(s):  
Oda Hiroshi

This chapter discusses the 2015 Arbitral Reform. The arbitral reform, which started in 2011, culminated in two sets of laws adopted by Parliament and signed by the president on 25 December 2015. The package comprised the Law on Arbitration of the Russian Federation and the Law on the amendments to the Laws in relation to the adoption of the above law. The latter included amendments to the Law on Commercial Court Procedure and the Law on International Commercial Arbitration. On 27 December 2018, the Law on Arbitration was further amended. The power to grant license to perform functions of permanent arbitral institutions was shifted to the Ministry of Justice. One of the fundamental issues which were contested in the process of the reform was whether the existing regime of segregation of international and domestic arbitration should be abandoned altogether or should be maintained. With the strong opposition from experts of international commercial arbitration supported by the Codification Commission and the President’s Administration, the system of two separate laws, that is, the Law on Arbitration and the Law on International Commercial Arbitration, was maintained. However, organisational/institutional aspects of arbitration, including international arbitration, are now regulated by the Law on Arbitration.


Author(s):  
Yves Dezalay ◽  
Bryant G. Garth

This chapter traces the development of international commercial arbitration, which is often presented as a response to the demand for law and dispute resolution created naturally by an increase in transnational commerce and investment. Indeed, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris was relatively marginal from its establishment in 1923 until the increase in global trade and commerce that came in the 1970s and 1980s. The demand naturally created the supply. Based on the recognition that this market was not inevitable, it has been argued that the rise of international commercial arbitration depended on institutional entrepreneurs around the ICC. The chapter then looks at how the relatively marginal group around the ICC that Sgard studies gained credibility and acceptance from both multinational enterprises and developing countries.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Homayoun Mafi ◽  
Mohammad Reza Khademi

The arbitration clause implies the agreement of the parties' will to concede (assign) the existing or future dispute into arbitration, thus, in accordance with the law, the inevitable basis is to establish the referee's authority and jurisdiction and the influence of his/her verdict. Therefore, the formation of a court of arbitration and the issuance of a ruling requires that the existence and the validity of the contract of referral the matter to arbitration is acceptable to the parties. Although the parties may find a dispute (difference) in the existence and validity of the arbitration agreement, it is also likely that one of the parties denies or invalidates the existence of the arbitration agreement. In such a hypothesis, the formation of an arbitration authority and its review will entail consideration of the dispute before it. For this reason, one of the important issues that may arise in arbitration is the determination of the competent authority dealing with a dispute that may arise between the parties as to the existence or validity of the arbitration convention or jurisdiction. The issue of competency assessment (Competence - Competence), which improves the efficiency of the arbitral institution, can be seen in the most legal systems. Whether the arbitral tribunal has the merit of deciding whether to qualify under the terms of the arbitral agreement is a question that has long been addressed in the arbitration law as the competence to determine jurisdiction


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