论国际商事仲裁中的法律选择

On the Choice of Law in International Commercial Arbitration

作为争端解决方式之一的国际商事仲裁带有契约性质,当事人依照意思自治原则合意选择法律的意愿应当得到充分尊重。在国际商事仲裁实践中,当事人可以选择的法律包括:适用于解决其争端的准据法,适用于其仲裁协议的准据法,适用于仲裁进程的准据法,以及适用于选择前三项准据法的冲突法。但是,当事人对法律的选择并非绝对自由,而应受到有关国家公共政策、强行法以及基于国内法其他理由的限制。

As a means of dispute resolution,international commercial arbitration owns its contractual nature.According to the Party Autonomy Doctrine,the parties＇ freedom to select the law to govern their contract or dispute should be fully respected.In the practice of international commercial arbitration,the parties may choose the law including the law applicable to the merits of the dispute;the law applicable to the arbitration agreements;the law applicable to the arbitration proceeding;and the laws of conflict applied to select the one to be used for each of the above three.However,the party autonomy is not absolutely free,their choice of law must be restricted by the related country＇s public policy,jus cogens and the domestic laws based on the other reasons.