Reopening the Concept of Autonomous Arbitration and its Efficacy in Iranian Domestic Arbitration and the English Arbitration Act 1996

Zandlashani, Nahid; Hasanzadeh, Mehdi; Soltaninejad, Hedayat Allah

doi:10.22096/law.2025.2024164.2198

Reopening the Concept of Autonomous Arbitration and its Efficacy in Iranian Domestic Arbitration and the English Arbitration Act 1996

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Nahid Zandlashani ¹

Mehdi Hasanzadeh ²

Hedayat Allah Soltaninejad ³

¹ PhD student in Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran.

² Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran.

10.22096/law.2025.2024164.2198

Abstract

Despite the fact that autonomy is known as one of the approaches related to the nature of arbitration, it is a type of rule-making mechanism in international commercial arbitration. This mechanism, based on the contractual nature of arbitration and aimed to achieve the goal of arbitration, which is the final peaceful resolution of the dispute, directs rule-making toward reducing court intervention, giving broad powers to the arbitrator or arbitral tribunal, and limiting the agreement that conflicts with the goal of arbitration. This article, using a descriptive-analytical method, first describes the quality of the autonomous mechanism and concludes that the autonomous mechanism is not specific to international commercial arbitration; rather, it is a rule-making approach that can also be applied in domestic arbitration. Then, it compares rule-making in the two legal systems of England and domestic arbitration in Iran. The use of the autonomous mechanism has led to the efficacy of the arbitration institution in English law. Rule-making based on the autonomous approach can mitigate or eliminate the inefficiency of domestic arbitration in Iran.

Keywords

Arbitration

Mechanism

Autonomy

Rule-making

Subjects

Comparative Law

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