The Nexus between the Protection of Party Autonomy in Contracting Arbitration Agreements on the One Hand and the Protection of the Weaker Party (Consumer Protection) on the Other (Judgment II. ÚS 2164/10 of the Czech Constitutional Court of 1 November 2011)
keywords
party autonomynatural person
jurisdictional objection
protection of the weaker party
consumer protection
legal entity
jurisdiction
proportionality
equality of the parties-arbitrator
arbitration clause
arbitration agreement
weaker party
private law
consumer
permanent arbitral institution
impermissible provision
abusive provision
constitutional principle
public interest
basic rights
stay of proceedings
about the authors
Univ. Professor, Dr.iur., Mgr., Dipl. Ing. oec/MB, Dr.h.c. Lawyer admitted and practising in Prague/CZE (Branch N.J./US), Senior Partner of the Law Offices Bělohlávek, Dept. of Law, Faculty of Economics, Ostrava, CZE, Dept. of Int. and European Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, CZE (visiting), Chairman of the Commission on Arbitration ICC National Committee CZE, Arbitrator in Prague, Vienna, Kiev etc. Member of ASA, DIS, Austrian Arb. Association. The President of the WJA – the World Jurist Association, Washington D.C./USA.
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