Research on the Applicability of ADR to International Commercial Disputes and its Enforceability : From the Conflict-of-Laws perspective

本研究从冲突法、国际民事诉讼法和比较法的理论和实践角度探讨了在国际民商事纠纷中使用ADR所产生的一些现代问题，例如：*在确定仲裁程序或仲裁协议的适用法律时使用“仲裁地”作为连接因素的解释和实践问题；关于国际商事仲裁实质的准据法的确定；ADR对国际知识产权纠纷的适用性；在ADR中取得的裁决/协议的执行，在日本新的仲裁法下，法学院或法学院的ADR教育对于重振国际商事仲裁的使用起着关键作用。为了考察它的相关内容和教学方法，作为一种试验性尝试，为法学院学生组织了一些关于调解和仲裁的研讨会；有用的…对与会者的更多反馈进行了适当的分析和公布。此外，通过一篇英文文章，阐明了日本仲裁法下的国际商事仲裁的一些特点。在一般法律冲突理论方面，积极探讨了非国内法作为国际商事合同的规范法的适用性。从批判性的角度考察了《日本国际私法近代化草案》中合同和侵权行为准据法的确定。在国际民事诉讼法领域，基于它们之间的密切互动关系，笔者指出了管辖权协议、仲裁协议和法律选择协议并行处理的可能性。最后，考察了德国判例法关于以被告资产存在为基础的管辖权规则的发展及其对日本理论的启示，并在一些国内或国际会议上介绍了这一研究的结果，例如通过仲裁或在日本通过法院诉讼解决国际贸易争端。较少

This research explores some modern issues arising out of the use of ADR in international civil and commercial disputes from the theoretical and practical perspectives of Conflict of Laws, International Civil Procedure Law and Comparative Law, e.g.:* The interpretation and practical problems as regards the use of "place of arbitration" as a connecting factor in determining applicable law on arbitration procedure or arbitral agreements* Determination of the applicable law on the substance in international commercial arbitration* Applicability of ADR to the international IP-Disputes* Execution of the decision / agreement obtained in the ADR, etc.The education of ADR in faculty of law or law schools plays a key roll to revitalize the use of international commercial arbitration under the new arbitration law in Japan. To examine its relevant contents and teaching methods, as an experimental attempt, some seminars on mediation and arbitration for the law school students were organized; useful … More feedbacks from the participants were duly analyzed and published. Furthermore, with an article written in English, some features of the international commercial arbitration under the Japanese arbitration law were of Japan were clarified.As to the general Conflict of Laws theory, the applicability of non-national laws as a governing law of the international commercial contracts were positively picked up and examined. The determination of the applicable law of contract and tort in the tentative draft of the modernization of Japanese Private International Law were investigated from critical viewpoint. In the field of International Civil Procedure Law, based on their close and interactive relationship, I pointed out possible parallel treatment of jurisdiction agreements, arbitration agreements and choice of law agreements. Finally, the development of German case law on the jurisdictional rule based on the presence of defendant's assets and its implication to the Japanese theory was examined.The outcome of this research, e.g., the resolution of international trade disputes through arbitration or court litigation in Japan, was presented at some domestic or international conferences. Less