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1、PartyAutonomyandtheChoiceofSubstantiveLawinInternationalCommercialArbitrationMasterThesis20CreditsSpring2006By;HelenaCarlquistSupervisor;ProfessorSvanteO.JohanssonDepartmentofLawSchoolofBusiness,EconomicsandLawGÖTEBORGUNIVERSITYPartyAutonomyandtheChoiceofSubstantiveLawinIntern

2、ationalCommercialArbitrationH.CarlquistSummaryAmajorityofinternationalcommercialcontractsincludeanarbitrationclausewhichintheeventofacontractualdisputedirectsthepartiestoapplyarbitralproceeding.Oneofthecentralmotivesforchoosingarbitrationistherighttochoosewhichlaworrulesoflaws

3、hallgoverntheparties’contractualrelationship.Therighttochoosesubstantivelawisoftenreferredtoaspartyautonomy.Mostpartiesenteringintoarbitrationagreementsbelievethatonceachoiceoflawismade,thatlawexclusivelydeterminesthelegalframeworkbetweentheparties.However,thisoverlooksthefact

4、thatcircumstancesremaininwhichanarbitratorwillberequiredtoapplyrulesarisingfromalegalregimeotherthantheonechosenbytheparties.Thereexistinfactnumerousofrestrictionswhichindifferentwayslimitstheparties´choiceoflaw.Thisthesisisanattempttopresentausefulandefficientmethodwhenidenti

5、fyingwhichrestrictionstheparties’choiceoflawmightbesubjectto.PartIpointsoutthebasicsofinternationalcommercialarbitrationandpresentsanoverviewoftheprincipleofpartyautonomyinthecontextofapplicablesubstantivelaw.PartIIshowsthatpartyautonomyisaconflictrulewhichintheeventofaconflic

6、tbetweenpotentialapplicablelawsdesignatesthe“correct”applicablelaw.Aspartyautonomyinitselfisaconflictrule,privateinternationallawmustbeappliedtodetermineitsscope.Accordingly,privateinternationallawanditsconflictrules(otherthanpartyautonomy)mighthavetobeappliedevenifthepartiesh

7、avechosenanapplicablelaw.PartIIIexaminescurrentarbitrationlawsandrulesoflawinrespecttoconflictrules.Thesectionshowsthatmodernlegislationoftengrantthearbitraltribunalafar-reachingfreedombylettingthearbitratorsusetheconflictrulesitdeemappropriate(orevenbygivingthearbitratorsthef

8、reedomnottouseanyconflictrulesatall).PartIVdiscusseswhichsyst