论主合同准据法对仲裁条款的可适用性——以有效性原则为视角

Is the Law of Main Contract Applicable to Arbitral Clause?——A Validity Principle Perspective

仲裁协议的准据法在审理涉外商事仲裁案件中具有重要意义。在当事人没有对仲裁协议专门约定准据法的情况下,各国普遍适用主合同准据法或者仲裁地法。从近年英国、新加坡和我国香港等国际领先仲裁地的司法实践来看,适用有利于仲裁协议有效的有效性原则(in favorem validitatis)成为仲裁协议法律适用的最基本原则。在我国,由于对仲裁协议独立性的僵化理解,长期拒绝主合同准据法对仲裁协议的可适用性,使得个案中的法律适用背离了有效性原则。因此,需要重新检讨我国目前严格区分仲裁协议和主合同准据法的做法。

The Law Governing Arbitration Agreement(hereafter as LGAA)is of significance in deciding foreign-related arbitration cases.In absence of express choice by parties,the LGAA will be the law of contract an the law of seat.In recent years,courts in leading arbitration seats tend to apply the in favorem validitatis principle which favors the law validating arbitration agreement.In China,the law of contract has long been excluded from LGAA for the misunderstanding of seperability principle,it is necessary to reconsider such an approach.