当事人意思自治与案件管理:来自一位仲裁员的几点经验与建议

本文为德国著名仲裁员Karl-Heinz Bckstiegel教授多年以来广泛参与仲裁实践的经验之谈。作者首先分析了当事人意思自治对于仲裁案件管理的基础性意义,接着指出仲裁案件管理问题需要当事人与仲裁员双方通过协作共同解决,然后,作者分别从时间与费用的管理、当事人提交文书的效率、何时提交何种证据、证据开示、审理的准备与开展,以及仲裁庭的审议与裁决六个方面对仲裁程序特定方面的管理分享了他的处理经验,并且提出了一系列有益的建议。

In this paper, Professor Karl-Heinz Bockstiegel, a well-known German arbitrator, shares his experience in practising arbitration over so many years. The author starts by analyzing the fundamental importance of party autonomy to the case management, pointing out that problems relating to the case manangement are better solved through joint efforts from both the parties and arbitrators. The author proceeds to examine the following 6 procedural aspects： time and cost management, efficiency of party submissions, when should which evidence be submitted, document disclosure, preparation and conduct of the hearing, and deliberations and decisions by the tribunal. In the meantime, the author proposes quite a number of useful suggestions in the relevant places.