The Lex Loci Arbitri and International Commercial Arbitration

International and Comparative Law Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 21-52

  Park, William W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84971812758     PISSN: 00205893     EISSN: 14716895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/iclqaj/32.1.21     Document Type: Article

References (101)

1. English arbitration law was overhauled, as discussed in Part II of this Article, by the Arbitration Act 1979, effective on Aug. 1,1979 (S.I.1979 No. 750).
2. Lord Diplock, the Fourth Alexander Lecture. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (Feb. 28, 1978), reprinted in (1978) 44 Arb. 107;
3. Park, “Judicial Supervision of Transnational Commercial Arbitration Law” (1980) 21 Harv. Int. L.J. 87
4. M. Mustill and S. Boyd, Commercial Arbitration (1982).
5. Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972, s.3 (1).
6. Czarnikow V. Roth, Schmidt & Co. 2 K.B. 478.
7. Mann, “Lex Facit Arbitrum”, in International Arbitration: Liber Amicorum for Martin Domke, ed. P. Sanders (1967), at p. 157;
8. Hirsch, “The Place of Arbitration and the Lex Arbitri” (1979) 34 Arb. J. 43.
9. Mann, International Arbitration: Liber Amiconun for Martin Domke, ed. P. Sanders (1967 n. 6, at p. 159.
10. Wilko V. Swann, 346 U.S. 427 (1953).
11. Carbonneau, “The Elaboration of a French Doctrine on International Commercial Arbitration: A Study in Liberal Civilian Creativity’ (1980) 55 Tulane L.R., at pp. 29-30.
12. Glossner and Laschet, “Arbitration in the Federal Republic of Germany,” in Arbitration in Europe (1981), p. 83, at p. 90 (para. 3-3).
13. Mobil V. Asamera, 43 N.Y. 2d. 276, 401 N.Y.S. 2d 186 (1977).
14. Libyan Maritime Co. V. Gotaverken Arendal, Cour d’Appel de Paris (Feb. 21, 1980)
15. Paulsson, “Arbitration Unbound; An Award Detached From the Law of the Country of Origin’ (1981) 30 I.C.L.Q. 358;
16. Lalive, “Les Règies de Conflit de Lois Appliquèes au Fond du Litige par L’Arbitre International Siégeant en Suisse” [1976] Revue de l’Arbitrate 155.
17. A.J. van den Berg, The New York Arbitration Conventional 1958 (1981), pp. 28-51.
18. Scherk V. Alberto Culver. 417 U.S. 506 (1974).
19. Paulsson, “Arbitration Unbound”, Scherk V. Alberto Culver, 417 n. 18, at p. 368.
20. Paulsson, “France and the Arbitral Process”, 1981 Skiljedom 40, at p. 42.
21. Paulsson, “France and the Arbitral Process”, 1981 Skiljedom n. 17.
22. “The Role of Swedish Courts in Transnational Arbitration’ (1981) 21 Va.J.I.L. 211.
23. The award is published in English and in French in [1959] Journal Droit International 1074.
24. Nederlandse Jurisprudentie No. 774 and in French in [1978] Revue de t’Arbitrage 397.
25. the recent decision of the Cour de Cassation, No. 882, dated Oct. 13, 1981
26. Goldman, “La Lex Mercatoria dans les Contrats et 1’Arbitrage Internationaux: Realité et Perspectives” (1979) 106 Journal Droit International 475.
27. A. van den Berg, The New York Arbitration Convention of 1958 (1981). As of Feb. 1, 1981, 56
28. A.J. van den Berg (The New York Arbitration Convention Of 1958 1981 n. 19, at p. 30).
29. Paulsson, “Arbitration Unbound”, The New York Arbitration Convention Of 1958 1981 n. 18, at p. 370
30. published in the Journal Officiei de la Republique Francaise, May 14, 1981, at p. 1406.
31. Fouchard, “L’Arbitrage International en France après le Decret du 12 mai 1981” (1982) 109 Journal Droit International 374.
32. Fouchard, “L’Arbitrage International en France après le Decret du 12 mai 1981” (1982) 109 Journal Droit International 374 n. 23.
33. Craig, Park and Paulsson, “French Codification of a Legal Framework for International Commercial Arbitration” (1981) 13 Law & Pol. Int. Bus. 727, at pp. 733-734, pp. 36 and 37.
34. H. Batiffol and P. Lagarde, Droit International Public (6th edn. 1974), Tome I, at p. 459, para. 366.
35. P. Fouchard, L’Arbitrage Commercial International (1965), ss. 515-528.
36. Arbitration Act 1950, s. 21.
37. Paulsson, “The Role of Swedish Courts in Transnational Commercial Arbitration” (1981) 21 Va. J. Int.L 211, at pp. 236-37.
38. Bunge V. Kruse [1976) 1 Ll.L.R. 357 (1975 case).
39. Plucknett, Concise History of the Common Law (5th edn. 1956), p. 431.
40. Czarnikow, Roth, Schmit & Co. [1922] 2 K.B. 478, at p. 488.
41. Czarnikow, Roth, Schmit & Co. [1922] 2 K.B. 478 at p. 489.
42. Halfdan Grief & Co. A/S V. Sterling & Corp. [1973] 1 Q.B.843 (C.A.).
43. Halfdan Grief & Co. A/S V. Sterling & Corp. [1973] 1 Q.B.843 (C.A.) at pp. 861-62.
44. Schmitthof, “The Supervisory Jurisdiction of English Courts”, in International Arbitration: Liber Amicorum for Martin Domke, ed. P. Sanders (1967), p. 289, at p. 298.
45. E. Loquin, L’Amiable Composition en Droit Comparè et International (1980).
46. Orion Cia V. Belfort Matts [1962] 2 U.L.R. 257, at p. 264 (dispute over quota shares in reinsurance treaty).
47. Park, “Judicial Supervision of Transnational p. Commercial Arbitration: The English Arbitration Act of 1979” (1980) 21 Harv. Int. L.J. 87, at 95
48. Alexander Lecture, (1980) n. 1.
49. Czarnikow V. Roth, Schmit & Co. [1922] 2 K.B. 478.
50. A. Dieey and J. Morris, Conflict of Laws (9th edn. 1973), pp. 1124-33
51. citing Ottoman Bank of Nicosia V. Chakarian [1938] A.C. 260, at p. 279(P.C.).
52. Lord Diplock, Alexander Lecture, 1938 n. 1, at p. 112 ;
53. Commercial Court Committee Report, 1938 n. 1. at p. 12 (para. 45).
54. Compare the award in BP V. Libya, Oct. 10, 1973-1979) 53 I.L.R. 297
55. Saudi Arabia V. Aramco (1963) 27 I.L.R. 117 and
56. Texaco Overseas Petroleum Co./California Asiatic Oil Co. V. Libya (1978) 17 I.L.M. 3; (1979) 53 I.L.R. 389.
57. McLaughlin, “Arbitration and Developing Countries” (1979) 13 Int. Law 211
58. Delvolvé, “Arbitration and Public Policy in Developing Countries”, in Arbitration and the Licensing Process, eds. R. Goldscheider & M. de Hass (1981), at p. 6-103.
59. Wesley, “The Procedural Malaise of Foreign Disputes in Latin America: From Local Tribunals to Fact Finding” (1975) 7 Law & Plcy. Int. Bus. 813, at p. 820.
60. OPEC Resolution XV1-90, reprinted in (1968) 7 Int. Legal Mats. 1183.
61. Park, “Legal Issues in the Third World’s Economic Development” (1981) 61 B.U.L.R. 1321, at pp. 1326-30.
62. The UNCTAD Draft Code of Conduct on Technology Transfer is reprinted In (1980) 19 Int. Legal Mats. 773.
63. Code Appendix D, Int. Legal Mats. at p. 807
64. Tiewul and Tsegah, “Arbitration and the Settlement of Commercial Disputes: A Selective Survey of African Practice” (1975) 241. C.L.Q. 393.
65. Detaume, “State Contracts and Transnational Arbitration” (1981) 75 Am.J. Int.L. 794.
66. Arbitration Act 1979, s. 1 (1).
67. Mondial Trading V. Gill & Dreyfus (1980) 2 Ll.L.R. 376.
68. Arbitration Act 1979, 3 (6)-(7).
69. The validity of the exclusion agreement will depend on whether the contract is “domestic” or “non-domestic”: 1979 Act, s. 3 (6).
70. Arbitration Act 1950, s. 24 (2).
71. R. Gibson-Jarvie and G. Hawker, Guide to Commercial Arbitration Under the 1979 Act (1980), pp. 28-29.
72. Arbitration Act 1950, s. 22.
73. Shenton, “Arbitral Impartiality: The Attitude of the English Courts” (1980) 8 Int. Bus. Lawyer 76.
74. Arbitration Act 1979, s. 3 (4).
75. Lord Chancellor’s statements in 397 Parl. Deb., 1950 n. 1, at cols, 438-39
76. Commercial Court Committee Report, 1950 n. 1, at p. 7.
77. The term “one-off” was used by Lord Diplock in the Alexander Lecture, 1950 n. 1, at p. 112.
78. Arbitration Act 1979, 1950 n. 1, s. 3 (7).
79. published in Journal Official de la Rèpublique Francaise, May 14, 1981, at p. 1406.
80. Nouveau Code de Procedure Civile, Art. 1492.
81. Delaume, “What is an International Contract? An American and Gallic Dilemma” (1979)28 I.C.L.Q. 258.
82. Arbitration Act 1979, s. 3 (7).
83. Arbitration Act 1979, s. 4 (1)(a).
84. Dicey and Morris, Conflict of Laws (9th edn. 1973), pp. 1124-33.
85. Pioneer Shipping V. B.T. P Tioxide (“The Nema”)[1981] 3 W.L.R. 289.
86. Arbitration Act 1979, s. 5
87. Arbitration Act 1950, is. 12 and 13.
88. Delaume, “State Contracts and Transnational Arbitration” (1981) 75 A.J.I.L. 748.
89. Audit, “Les ’Accords’ d’Alger du 19 janvier 1981 tendant an Règlement des Differends entre les Etats-Unis et l’lran” (1981) 108 Journal Droit International 713.
90. Tehito-‘Impex V. Gebr van Weelde Scheepwartkantoor [1981] 2 All E.R. 669, at p. 679
91. Peol Wilson & co. A/S V. Partenreederei Hannah Blumenthal. The Hannah Blumenthal [1983] 1 All E.R. 34.
92. John Donaldson entitled “Judicial Review of Awards”, delivered at the conference “Forum London”, Sept. 23, 1981.
93. Pioneer Shipping V. B.T.P. Tioxide(“TheNana”)[1981] 3 W.L.R. 392.
94. W. Reisman, Nullity and Revision (1971).
95. Park, Nullity and Revision 1971 n. 1, at p. 101.
96. Denning, The Discipline of the Law (1979), at p. 74.
97. Lord Diplock’s opinion in Bremer Vulkan V. South India Shipping [1981] 1 All E.R. 289, at pp. 295-96.
98. John Donaldson entitled “Judicial Review of Awards: Finality V. Legality” delivered as part of conference, “Forum London”, Sept. 23, 1981.
99. Shenton, “Forum London” (1982) 10 Int. Bus. Law 59.
100. Mezger, “La Distinction entre l’Arbitre dispense d’observer la Règle dc Loi et l’Arbiire statuant sans Appel”, in Liber Amicorum for Martin Domke, 1982 n. 6, p. 184.
101. Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up (1936), reprinted with other short stories in 1977 (Penguin) at p. 39.