The Prague Rules - Spirit and Scope of Application

In recent years the draft Prague Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration (“Prague Rules”, see http:// praguerules.com/prague_rules/) has been hotly debated in various places across the world (see http://praguerules.com/events/).

Whilst the number of supporters is growing, it is impossible to ignore also the criticism of this initiative coming from our colleagues (http://praguerules. com/publications/). For instance, some opponents of the Prague Rules even call them a “little monster”, regressive and dangerous. At the same time this criticism often comes from lack of understanding why this initiative arose and the Prague Rules could be applied.

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