Prospects of China’s New Arbitration Law:From the Perspective of Balancing Legal Paternalism and Autonomy of Will  

作　　者：FANG Ruian 

机构地区：[1]Shanghai University of Political Science and Law,Shanghai,China

出　　处：《US-China Law Review》2021年第6期285-301,共17页美中法律评论（英文版）

摘　　要：Recently,the Ministry of Justice of China issued a revised draft of the arbitration law for public comments,which means that China’s arbitration law will be revised for the third time,and this time the revision content is quite extensive.It can be expected that China’s new arbitration law will usher in tremendous changes.On the whole,China’s new arbitration law may make great strides towards the direction of party autonomy,but the traces of legal paternalism are still obvious.Legal paternalism in arbitration law is not something that needs to be opposed completely;on the contrary,it will protect the interests of the parties and promote the credibility of arbitration to some extent.A feasible direction is to try to balance the inherent autonomy of will of arbitration and the Chinese legal paternalism tradition.From this perspective,the notion of“Libertarian Paternalism”is a worthy of reference.It will help to improve the arbitration law and enhance the international competitiveness of China’s arbitration industry to avoid coercive rules and replace them with channeling people into making the selections that are best for them.

关 键 词：China’s arbitration law Arbitration Law of the People’s Republic of China(Revision)(Draft for Public Comments) international commercial arbitration qualifications of arbitrators legal culture autonomy of will public policy legal paternalism libertarianism “Libertarian Paternalism” 

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