While thousands of cross-border disputes are resolved each year through institutional arbitration, there appears to be little understanding of the role of arbitral institutions. In particular, very little academic scholarship has been produced on the nature of the functions exercised by arbitral institutions in the proceedings they administer. This thesis seeks to rectify this gap by (1) identifying in the literature conventional assumptions as to the functions of arbitral institutions in the institutional arbitration process; (2) critically assessing such conventional assumptions; and (3) offering a novel and more realistic representation of the functions of arbitral institutions. This thesis is principally based on a systematic study of the activities performed by over 40 international arbitration institutions in their administration of cases. This study also examines court decisions on the nature of the functions exercised by such institutions in some leading civil law and common law jurisdictions. The thesis finds that arbitration institutions are conventionally portrayed in the literature in one of two ways: According to a first representation, arbitral institutions are mere administrators with no decision-making power whatsoever. According to another representation, while institutions are occasionally called upon to exercise some measure of decision-making, measures taken by institutions remain immaterial because of their alleged ‗administrative‘/‗non-jurisdictional‘ nature. In both instances, it is conventionally assumed that, contrary to arbitrators, arbitral institutions should not be concerned by due process when they discharge their duties. This thesis argues that these two conventional representations are difficult to reconcile with the diverse reality of institutional arbitration. While some institutions have a very limited involvement in the arbitrations conducted under their auspices, others participate more actively in their resolution. The thesis therefore concludes that arbitral institutions can be more accurately described as ancillary participants in the adjudicative process which decisions, insofar as they may occasionally be outcome-determinative, should call upon the application of some due process standards.

Institutional Arbitration The thesis deals with fundamental issues relating to both institutional arbitration and also arbitration in general. The aim of this thesis is to explain the basic aspects of arbitration and analyze and evaluate recent legal changes made in the field of arbitration in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. The thesis is composed of an introduction, three chapters and a conclusion. After an introduction, where I outline the reasons that led me to choose this topic and I set the objectives of this thesis, followed the first chapter, which acquaint the reader with the basic institutes of arbitration. Its parts discusses about definition of arbitration, its history, the four main theoretical concepts of arbitration and the different types of the arbitration. Subsequently this chapter defines arbitrability and arbitration agreement (fundamental conditions for arbitration). The conclusion of this chapter is dedicated to the principles of arbitration and the comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration. The second chapter is specifically concerned with the recent changes in the regulation of arbitration in the Czech Republic. The main part of this chapter is dedicated to the Euro-amendment of Act No. 216/1994 Coll., on Arbitration and Enforcement of Arbitral...

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:23:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Karen Cristina Moron Betti Mendes.pdf: 1134236 bytes, checksum: 86dd87a0f2aa20027de923c4728f860a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-26 / The object of study of this work is to present the institutional arbitration as a dynamic and harmonic alternative for the settlement of disputes in dealings relating to contracts of franchises. Justifying this work, with ballast in that, given the dynamics of the relationship in the business world, the internationalization of trade, the agility and speed with which such relations are given, especially in the segment of franchising, there are at least three identifiable assumptions plan, that need to be preserved in the case of solving work in franchising: the expertise of the judge in the matter; the rapid solution of the conflict and the maintenance of good business relationship after the conflict solved, what you get in line of identity, to apply the arbitration as an effective method in this intention. By the way, will be analyzed in this work both institutes, first separately, and after, in their points of confluence, as well as bringing to the fore the controversial aspects that may arise in this relationship of mutualism, which in the course of the study are dissolved, through security keys presented to get the effectiveness and validity of the application of the method do not state, duly harmonized to the franchise, and, finally, suggesting legislative amendment to the law of franchises to guarantee the effective use and valid arbitration in the segment of franchises. / O objetivo do presente estudo é apresentar a arbitragem institucional como uma alternativa dinâmica e harmônica para a solução de controvérsias nas relações negociais relativas aos contratos de franquias. Justifica-se este trabalho com lastro em que, dada a dinâmica das relações no mundo dos negócios, a internacionalização do comércio, a agilidade e a velocidade com que se dão tais relações, notadamente no segmento de franquias, há pelo menos três premissas identificáveis de plano que precisam ser preservadas em se tratando de solucionar lides na franchising: a especialização do julgador na matéria, a rapidez na solução do conflito e a manutenção da boa relação comercial depois de solucionado o conflito, o que se obtém em linha de identidade, ao se aplicar a arbitragem como método eficaz nesse intento. Para tanto, serão aqui analisados ambos os institutos, tanto da arbitragem quanto da franquia, primeiro em separado e, após, em seus pontos de confluência, bem como trazendo à tona os aspectos polêmicos que poderão surgir nessa relação de mutualismo, os quais são dissolvidos no decorrer do estudo, por meio de chaves de segurança apresentadas para que se obtenham a eficácia e a validade da aplicação do método não estatal, devidamente harmonizado à franquia, e, por fim, sugerindo alteração legislativa à Lei de Franquia para garantia da utilização eficaz e válida da arbitragem no segmento de franquiasa

Title: INSTITUTIONAL ARBITRATION Key words: Institutional arbitration, Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic, London Court of Institutional Arbitration The purpose of my thesis is to describe and compare legal rules related to the international arbitration in the Czech Republic and in England. The Czech Republic was chosen because of the origin of the author and her studies of the Czech law. England was chosen as a place where the institutional arbitration has a long tradition and as one of the birthplaces of the arbitration. The thesis is focused on the comparison of the legal acts which regulates the arbitration in these two countries and the arbitration rules in compliance with which the arbitral proceedings is carried on in front of the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic in Prague and in front of the London Court of Institutional Arbitration. The thesis is composed of an introduction, five chapters and a conclusion. Chapter One, which outlines the history of the arbitration is followed by the general characterisation of the arbitration, categorization of different types of the arbitration and the explanation of the basic...

- Institutional Arbitration Arbitration in its today's dimension is a phenomenon that represents an alternative system to a state organized litigation. Arbitration is way of settling disputes among subjects in various fields of economic activities. There is commercial arbitration which is the most spread and used in the world, sport arbitration, mixed arbitration and others. This thesis, also due to the fact that it has been assigned by The Department of Commercial law - International Private Law, is devoted to international commercial arbitration. Arbitration is a private system of litigation in which private neutrals are called by parties to resolve their dispute. Arbitration held by individual neutrals chosen particularly for determinate cause is called ad hoc arbitration. In response to a stabilization of arbitration procedure, the arbitration institutions were established to provide arbitrational services and other dispute resolution services. Arbitration administrated by such institutions is in theory called institutional arbitrational, which is the subject of present work. The thesis is deemed to report on actual arbitrational and other dispute resolution services offered by major world institutions. These services include the arbitration proceedings itself which is the most important and...

vi Summary The thesis focuses on the description and comparison of the arbitration proceedings in the Czech Republic and Switzerland before local arbitration institutions. The choice of Switzerland has been influenced by the fact that this country is a traditional seat of arbitration and several arbitration institutions are domiciled there. The diploma thesis consists of an introduction, four main chapters and a conclusion. The first chapter contains a general description of arbitration and alternative dispute resolutions. Following chapters address the comparison issue outlining the arbitration regulations in both above mentioned countries and provide a thorough analysis of two major arbitration institutions. The first being the Arbitration Court attached to the Chamber of Commerce and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic which is the sole permanent arbitration court with a full jurisdiction seated in the Czech Republic. The other institution being presented is the Swiss Chambers'Arbitration Institution that, in order to administrate arbitration proceedings, introduced in 2012 a new set of rules and revised its organisational structure. Last but not least, the thesis concentrates on description and comparison of the principle arbitration stages under the current rules of both institutions. The...

In the present article, the authors give us an overview about the advantages of institutional arbitration over ad hoc arbitration, on public procurement matter. Thus, starting by describing the present situation of arbitration on that field, they describe the advantages of institutional arbitration, in favor of reaching a more efficient and transparent arbitration system, which is the desired goal. / En el presente artículo, los autores nos dan un panorama de las ventajas del arbitraje institucional sobre el arbitraje ad hoc, en materia de contratación pública. Así, partiendo del panorama actual del arbitraje en dicha materia, describen las ventajas del arbitraje institucional, en aras de tener un sistema más eficiente, transparente, que es el objetivo deseado.

Appelées à administrer le déroulement de l'arbitrage dans toutes ses phases, depuis la mise en place du tribunal arbitral jusqu'au prononcé de la sentence arbitrale, les institutions d'arbitrage n'interviennent dans la procédure d'arbitrage que pour permettre aux parties d'obtenir un règlement efficace de leur litige. Elles préviennent et règlent les difficultés susceptibles d'y faire obstacle en adoptant toute une série de mesures (comme la désignation, le remplacement ou la récusation de l'arbitre) contenues dans leur règlement d'arbitrage qui facilitent grandement l'exercice de leurs diverses fonctions qui sont : de garantir aux parties que les tribunaux arbitraux puissent être effectivement désignés, d'assurer la police de l'instance arbitrale et de contrôler le projet de sentence arbitrale.De plus en plus contestées devant les tribunaux, les mesures ou initiatives prises par les institutions d'arbitrage font l'objet d'une attention critique de la part de la doctrine. On s'interroge sur la nature et l'étendue de leur mission, sur les pouvoirs des institutions et leurs frontières, sur la qualification de leurs rapports avec les parties, et sur ce qui arrive quand ces frontières sont dépassées ?A ces questions régulièrement posées devant le juge étatique, quand il se trouve saisi de demandes mettant directement et personnellement en cause les institutions permanentes d'arbitrage et la manière dont elles ont exercé ou exercent leurs fonctions, la présente thèse entend apporter des réponses et définir la mission des institutions d'arbitrage / Called to administer the progress of the arbitration in all its phases, since the implementation of the arbitration court until the pronouncement of the arbitration judgment, the institutions of arbitration intervene in the arbitration procedure only to allow the parts to obtain an effective regulation of their dispute. They warn and settle the difficulties susceptible to put it obstacle by adopting a whole series of measures (as the name, the replacement or the challenge of the arbitrator contained in their regulation of arbitration who facilitate largely the exercise of their diverse functions which are: to guarantee in the parts that arbitration courts can be effectively indicated, to assure the police of the arbitration authority and to check the project of arbitration judgmentMore and more disputed before the courts, the measures or the initiatives taken by the institutions of arbitration are the object of a critical attention on behalf of the doctrine. We wonder about the nature and the area of their mission, on the powers of institutions and their borders, on the qualification of their reports with the parts, and on what arrives when these borders are exceeded?In these questions regularly put in front of the state judge, when he is seized with requests putting directly and personally in cause the permanent institutions of arbitration and the way they exercised or exercise their functions, the present thesis intends to bring answers and to define the mission of the institutions of arbitration

Le contexte culturel particulier à la Chine influe sur le choix du mode de résolution des différends commerciaux comportant un lien d'extranéité. Plusieurs mécanismes de préventions des litiges sont utilisés en Chine. La conciliation et médiation sont issues d'une tradition plus que millénaire en Chine, elles occupent donc un rôle important dans la résolution des différends commerciaux. La conciliation est ainsi presque toujours mise en branle antérieurement à un règlement des différends comportant des solutions contraignantes pour les parties soit un jugement ou une sentence arbitrale. L'analyse de la structure juridique chinoise nous permet de soulever les lacunes relatives à l'utilisation de ce véhicule dans la résolution d'un litige. Effectivement, l'indépendance judiciaire est défaillante ce qui a pour conséquences de préférer l'arbitrage aux tribunaux judiciaires. Malgré cette défaillance, certains investisseurs étrangers pourraient y recourir ce qui nécessite alors une connaissance minimale de ce système juridique. Le règlement des différends, en Chine, relatif à un élément d'extranéité s'effectue principalement par voie arbitrale. De ce fait, deux catégories d'arbitrage doivent alors être présentées ce qui permet d'écarter en Chine l'arbitrage ad hoc qui n'est pas expressément interdit, ni permis. Cette situation a permis à l'arbitrage institutionnel de se développer de façon considérable particulièrement par le biais de la CIETAC qui constitue ainsi l'institution de choix. Mais parallèlement à elle, il ne faut pas négliger les institutions arbitrales étrangères ayant sis sur le territoire chinois qui, de plus en plus, attirent les investisseurs étrangers, et leurs partenaires. / China's particular cultural background influences the mode of resolution that is chosen to resolve foreign-related commercial conflicts. A lot of prevention mechanisms are used in China. Conciliation and mediation come from a millenary tradition and thus have a very important place in resolving commercial conflicts. Conciliation is almost always used before any other kind of conflict resolution solution, such as legal action, is taken into consideration by both parties. By analyzing Chinese judicial structure it is possible to find some omissions in this mode of resolution. Indeed, the judicial independence is in such default that both parties will almost always prefer arbitration rather than a judgment by the court. This being said, some foreign investors can chose to go through with the judicial process but then a basic knowledge of the local judicial system becomes necessary. Therefore foreign-related conflict resolution in China is usually done by arbitration. There are two categories of arbitration that must be known. One of them is the ad hoc arbitration who is not expressly permitted or prohibited in China. This situation has been a benefit to the development of the institutional arbitration which has been developed a lot by the most important arbitration institution that is the CIETAC in China. In other hand, we cannot forget the foreign arbitration institutions in China that attract more and more foreign investors and their Chinese partners.

Le contexte culturel particulier à la Chine influe sur le choix du mode de résolution des différends commerciaux comportant un lien d'extranéité. Plusieurs mécanismes de préventions des litiges sont utilisés en Chine. La conciliation et médiation sont issues d'une tradition plus que millénaire en Chine, elles occupent donc un rôle important dans la résolution des différends commerciaux. La conciliation est ainsi presque toujours mise en branle antérieurement à un règlement des différends comportant des solutions contraignantes pour les parties soit un jugement ou une sentence arbitrale. L'analyse de la structure juridique chinoise nous permet de soulever les lacunes relatives à l'utilisation de ce véhicule dans la résolution d'un litige. Effectivement, l'indépendance judiciaire est défaillante ce qui a pour conséquences de préférer l'arbitrage aux tribunaux judiciaires. Malgré cette défaillance, certains investisseurs étrangers pourraient y recourir ce qui nécessite alors une connaissance minimale de ce système juridique. Le règlement des différends, en Chine, relatif à un élément d'extranéité s'effectue principalement par voie arbitrale. De ce fait, deux catégories d'arbitrage doivent alors être présentées ce qui permet d'écarter en Chine l'arbitrage ad hoc qui n'est pas expressément interdit, ni permis. Cette situation a permis à l'arbitrage institutionnel de se développer de façon considérable particulièrement par le biais de la CIETAC qui constitue ainsi l'institution de choix. Mais parallèlement à elle, il ne faut pas négliger les institutions arbitrales étrangères ayant sis sur le territoire chinois qui, de plus en plus, attirent les investisseurs étrangers, et leurs partenaires. / China's particular cultural background influences the mode of resolution that is chosen to resolve foreign-related commercial conflicts. A lot of prevention mechanisms are used in China. Conciliation and mediation come from a millenary tradition and thus have a very important place in resolving commercial conflicts. Conciliation is almost always used before any other kind of conflict resolution solution, such as legal action, is taken into consideration by both parties. By analyzing Chinese judicial structure it is possible to find some omissions in this mode of resolution. Indeed, the judicial independence is in such default that both parties will almost always prefer arbitration rather than a judgment by the court. This being said, some foreign investors can chose to go through with the judicial process but then a basic knowledge of the local judicial system becomes necessary. Therefore foreign-related conflict resolution in China is usually done by arbitration. There are two categories of arbitration that must be known. One of them is the ad hoc arbitration who is not expressly permitted or prohibited in China. This situation has been a benefit to the development of the institutional arbitration which has been developed a lot by the most important arbitration institution that is the CIETAC in China. In other hand, we cannot forget the foreign arbitration institutions in China that attract more and more foreign investors and their Chinese partners.