First view of second issue of ICLQ for 2023

The first view of the second issue of ICLQ  for 2023 contains a private international law article that was published online just recently:

 

S Matos, Arbitration Agreements and the Winding-Up Process: Reconciling Competing Values

Courts in a number of jurisdictions have attempted to resolve the relationship between winding-up proceedings and arbitration clauses, but a unified approach is yet to appear. A fundamental disagreement exists between courts which believe that the approach of insolvency law should be applied, and those which prefer to prioritise arbitration law. This article argues that a more principled solution emerges if the problem is understood as one of competing values in which the process of characterisation can offer guidance. This would allow both a more principled approach in individual cases, and a more coherent dialogue between courts which take different approaches to the issue.