Legal Structure of Arbitration Regimes: Monist or Dualist System?

Abstract

Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration has been a source ofinspiration for numerous countries. In choosing a legal structure, there isa strong tendency towards adopting a monist legal regime based on theModel Law. In Iran, as a result of the ratification of Iranian InternationalCommercial Arbitration Act (ICAA) in 1997, Iranian arbitration law haschanged its structure from monism to dualism, that is, the Civil ProcedureCode is applicable to domestic arbitration, whereas ICAA applies tointernational arbitration. The duality of the system is not an appropriatelegal structure. This article argues that Iranian arbitration law should bebased on monism. It concludes that not only should Iranian arbitrationlaw be in consistent with the Model Law 2006, but it should also extendbeyond the Model Law by providing a more comprehensive legislation.

Keywords

• keywords: arbitration
• iranian law
• model law
• iranian international commercial arbitration
• monist system
• dualist regime