商人习惯法在中国国际商事仲裁的适用问题

Application of Businessman Customary Law in the Chinese Arbitration Case in the International Business Affairs

商人习惯法作为具有跨国性、自治性的国际商事仲裁法律渊源,在当事人选择仲裁但未选择实体法律的情况下,仲裁庭适用商人习惯法的决定权,既源自于意思自治,又应接受意思自治的制约。这种制约应当包括以当事人可以预测的方式来选择法律适用。根据《法律适用法》相关条款,中国籍国际商事仲裁应受其约束,属于当事人选择在我国仲裁机构仲裁时可以预测到的法律适用方式。仲裁庭应在《法律适用方》允许的范围内,将商人习惯法置于较任意性国际商事法律与准据法更为优先的地位,并尽量以与商人习惯法一致的方式来解释应适用的国际法或准则法。

Business customary law is the source of international and autonomic international commerce arbitration. When the subject chooses arbitration but not substantive law,the arbitration court applies the businessman customary law which means it is from autonomy of will and accepts its constraint. According to the corresponding clauses in ＂The Application of Law＂,Chinese international business arbitration is included in this constraint. It is suggested to put this law in the place where the arbitrary international business law and proper law are prioritized.