Arbitration Agreements and Anational Law: A Question of Intent?

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Maria Hook’s article in the Journal of International Arbitration examines whether anational law can apply to international arbitration agreements. It reports that, in Halpern v. Halpern, the English High Court treated arbitration agreements as subject to the common-law rule confining contracts to municipal legal systems, and argues that the issue should be assessed through party autonomy and a wider international framework.