论法院对涉外仲裁协议有效性及其适用法律的认定

结合我国与相关国家国际商事仲裁立法与实践和相关的国际公约,论述了目前世界上并不存在统一的认定仲裁协议有效性标准,而由各国法院依据应当适用的法律作出认定。鉴于各国法律对仲裁协议有效性的规定不同,我国法院应当适用管辖特定涉外仲裁协议的准据法,而不是在所有情况下均适用我国法对该仲裁协议的有效性作出认定。法院在决定涉外仲裁协议准据法时,首先应当考虑适用当事人双方在仲裁协议中共同选择的法律,如无此项选择,则应当适用与该仲裁协议有最密切联系的国家的法律来认定该协议的有效性。在国际商事仲裁立法与实践上,仲裁地点通常被认为与仲裁协议有着最密切的联系。

On the Court''''s Determination on the Validity of the International Arbitration Agreement and its Applicable Law

This paper studies how national courts should determine the validity of international arbitration agreement and its applicable law. The author holds the position that at present there are no international standards for such determination. It is the national court that makes such determination according to the applicable law set by New York Convention for recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. When our people's courts make such determination, the applicable law should be the las of the parties' choice in their arbitration agreement. Absent such choice, the law of the country, which has the closest relationship with the arbitration agreement, should be applied. Such a country should be the place where the arbitration award is made instead of the country where the lawsuit proceeds.