66Interview with the author, 29 May 2012.
67A very elementary guide; literally, a 'guide for fools' or 'guide for asses'
68Interview with the author, 7 June 2012.
69ibid, 11 July 2012 (emphasis added).
70ICC Case No 12745, (2010) XXV YB Comm Arb 40 [26]–[27].
71In that article, they describe my previously-published findings as unsurprising. Lévy and Robert-Tissot (n 2) 888 ('Il n’y a pas lieu de s’en étonner.').
72ibid 891 (author’s translation) ('En réalité, en appliquant sa logique, son expérience et son intime conviction, l'arbitre recherche la volonté réelle des parties. Il s'agit là d'une règle émergente en arbitrage international.'). One interviewee, with an extensive record in both scholarship and practice, concurred: 'If you look at what arbitrators do, they tend not to resort, or not always to resort, to the contract interpretation rules, but simply to try and focus on the real intent of the parties.' Interview with the author, 11 July 2012.
73ibid 886.
74ibid 902 (author's translation) ('...bien conduite, la recherche des solutions par l'interprétation des volontés plutôt que par des raisonnements juridiques sophistiqués mérite approbation...').
66Interview with the author, 29 May 2012.
67A very elementary guide; literally, a 'guide for fools' or 'guide for asses'
68Interview with the author, 7 June 2012.
69ibid, 11 July 2012 (emphasis added).
70ICC Case No 12745, (2010) XXV YB Comm Arb 40 [26]–[27].
71In that article, they describe my previously-published findings as unsurprising. Lévy and Robert-Tissot (n 2) 888 ('Il n’y a pas lieu de s’en étonner.').
72ibid 891 (author’s translation) ('En réalité, en appliquant sa logique, son expérience et son intime conviction, l'arbitre recherche la volonté réelle des parties. Il s'agit là d'une règle émergente en arbitrage international.'). One interviewee, with an extensive record in both scholarship and practice, concurred: 'If you look at what arbitrators do, they tend not to resort, or not always to resort, to the contract interpretation rules, but simply to try and focus on the real intent of the parties.' Interview with the author, 11 July 2012.
73ibid 886.
74ibid 902 (author's translation) ('...bien conduite, la recherche des solutions par l'interprétation des volontés plutôt que par des raisonnements juridiques sophistiqués mérite approbation...').