TY - BOOK ID - 4856402 TI - Competence-competence in the face of illegality in contracts and arbitration agreements PY - 2013 SN - 9789004257542 9004257543 9004257551 9789004257559 PB - The Hague Hague Academy of International Law DB - UniCat KW - International commercial arbitration KW - Competent authority. KW - Illegal contracts KW - Arbitration agreements, Commercial KW - Conflict of laws KW - Corruption KW - Bribery KW - Arbitrage commercial international KW - Compétence (Droit) KW - Contrats illicites KW - Clause compromissoire (Droit commercial) KW - Contrats (Droit international privé) KW - Pots-de-vin KW - Contracts KW - Arbitrage international KW - Clause compromissoire KW - Droit international privé KW - Exécution (droit) KW - Pratiques déloyales KW - Contrats KW - Compétence (Droit) KW - Contrats (Droit international privé) KW - Competent authority KW - Corrupt practices KW - Arbitration clauses, Commercial KW - Commercial arbitration agreements KW - Compromise (Arbitration agreement) KW - Submission (Arbitration agreement) KW - Contracts, Illegal KW - Competence (Legal authority) KW - Arbitration and award, International KW - Commercial arbitration, International KW - International arbitration and award KW - Law and legislation KW - White collar crimes KW - Ethics KW - Arbitration and award KW - Illegal juristic acts KW - Immoral contracts KW - Nullity KW - Public officers KW - Clause compromissoire. KW - Corruption. KW - Pratiques déloyales. KW - Contrats. KW - International commercial arbitration. KW - Illegal contracts. KW - Arbitration agreements, Commercial. KW - Bribery. KW - Conflict of laws. KW - Choice of law KW - Intermunicipal law KW - International law, Private KW - International private law KW - Private international law KW - Law KW - Legal polycentricity KW - Contracts. KW - Civil law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4856402 AB - Competence-competence and corruption have, for different reasons, been mainstays of international dispute resolution thought and practice for the longest time. In the last few years, their intersection has become increasingly important and problematic. These lectures seek to define the problem and to provide acceptable solutions where possible. They attempt to derive support from both a stringent dogmatic approach and pragmatic attention to real-life expectations and conduct. More so than in other areas of private international law, the intersection between the powers of the arbitrator and the illegality of the subject matter or the parties’ conduct poses a particular challenge. That challenge is to postulate proper solutions under the law, including principles of transnational or international law, to conduct which can take on a multiplicity of appearances owing to conflicting cultural understandings of what is and is not legal in commercial life. The statement that bribery and corruption offend transnational or international public policy does not relieve the arbitrator from the burden of scrutinizing that statement doctrinally and exploring its consequences in a period of ever-increasing globalization of economic activity and investment. ER -