Courts' Inquiry into Arbitral Jurisdiction at the Pre-Award Stage: A Comparative Analysis of the English, German and Swiss Legal Order

320 Pages·2013·2.08 MB·English

by  Sandra Synková (auth.)

Sandra Synková
Courts' Inquiry
into Arbitral
Jurisdiction at the
Pre-Award Stage
A Comparative Analysis of the English,
German and Swiss Legal Order
Courts’ Inquiry into Arbitral Jurisdiction at the
Pre-Award Stage
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Sandra Synkova´
Courts’ Inquiry into Arbitral
Jurisdiction at the Pre-Award
Stage
A Comparative Analysis of the English,
German and Swiss Legal Order
SandraSynkova´
DepartmentofLaw
AarhusUniversity
AarhusC
Denmark
ISBN978-3-319-00133-3 ISBN978-3-319-00134-0(eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-00134-0
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Preface
This monograph is a revised version of the dissertation I submitted for Ph.D. in
August2012attheDepartmentofLawatAarhusUniversityinDenmark.
International arbitration is a field where different legal traditions and practices
meetandarereconciled.Thefollowingstudylargelyreflectsthisfeatureofinterna-
tionalarbitration.The“meetingandreconciliation”featurenotonlyfounditsexpres-
sionintheprocessofselectingtheresearchmethodandlegalordersforcomparison
for the study but also formed an inherent part of the broader research environment
underlyingthepresentproject.Imyselfcomefromalegalorderstronglyinfluenced
bytheGermaniclegaltradition;yetIcarriedoutmyresearchundertheauspicesof
AarhusUniversityinDenmarkandduringmyvisitingresearchperiodattheCentre
for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at the University of London. My stay at the
CCLS, in particular, contributed greatly to my understanding of the common law
legaltraditionandinfluencedthefinalshapeofmythesis.
But it was the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot which in 2008
sparked my interest in international arbitration. Although the way from the initial
ideatothefinalproductwaslongandfullofchallenges,Irememberwithnostalgia
thatitwasintheVisMootwhereIfirstencounteredtheproblemwhichservedasan
inspiration for this project. My thanks therefore go to the organisers of the Moot,
my former team members and coaches. Furthermore, I would like thank the
students of Aarhus University, whom I had the pleasure to meet later on in my
capacityasacoachoftheMoot,andwhohavebeenagreatsourceofinspirationto
meinthelastcoupleofyears.
Furthermore, I would like to express my gratitude to the Ph.D. assessment
committee consisting of: Prof. Peter Arnt Nielsen, Dr. Patricia Shaugnessy and
Prof. Kim Sommer Jensen for their thoughtful comments. Last but not least, my
thanksforsupportandinspirationgotoEsbenFisker,tomyfamilyandtomydear
friendsandcolleaguesattheDepartmentofLaw.
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Thelawofarbitrationisprincipallyconcernedwiththerelationshipbetweenthecourtsand
thoseaspectsofthearbitralprocesswhichconcerntheperformanceandenforcementofthe
agreementtoarbitrate;withthequestionswhethertheCourthasjurisdictiontocompela
party to arbitrate in accordance with the agreement and to honour the resulting award,
whetheritcanintervenetoremedyinjusticeresultingfromdefectsintheconductofthe
reference, and so on; and with the manner in which these and other powers should be
exercised.[MichaelJ.MustillandStewartC.Boyd,TheLawandPracticeofCommercial
ArbitrationinEngland(2ndedition,Butterworths,London1989)154]
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Abbreviations
afortiori “Withevenstrongerreason”
adhoc “Tothis”
Add. Addendum
AGBG GesetzzurRegelungdesRechtsderAllgemeinen
Gescha¨ftsbedingungen,ActonStandardTermsof
Business(Germany)
AS AmtlicheSammlung,OfficialJournal(Switzerland)
ASA AssociationSuissedel’Arbitrage(SwissArbitration
Association)
BBl Bundesblatt,OfficialJournal(Switzerland)
BGB Bu¨rgerlichesGesetzbuch,CivilCode(Germany)
BGBl Bundesgesetzblatt,OfficialJournal(Germany)
BGE Bundesgerichtsentscheid,decisionoftheFederal
SupremeCourt(Switzerland)
BGH Bundesgerichtshof,FederalCourtofJustice(Germany)
BGHZ EntscheidungendesBundesgerichtshofsinZivilsachen,
DecisionsoftheFederalCourtofJusticeinCivilMatters
(Germany)
cf. Confer,“compare”
CIETAC ChinaInternationalEconomicandTradeArbitration
Commission.
CPR CivilProcedureRules(EnglandandWales)
DAC DepartmentalAdvisoryCommitteeonArbitrationLaw
(UnitedKingdom)
DIS DieDeutscheInstitutionfu¨rSchiedsgerichtsbarkeit,
TheGermanInstitutionofArbitration
e.g. Exempligratia,“forexample”
EFTA EuropeanFreeTradeAssociation
etal. Andothers
etseq. Etsequential,“andthefollowing”
etc. Etcetera
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