The Mixed Arbitral Tribunals in the Peace Treaties of 1919–1922

Abstract

This article describes the competence, the organization and the legal nature of the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal which were created by the Versailles Peace Treaty and other peace treaties after the First World War. It specifically analyses the case-law of these tribunals regarding issues of private international law. The article is a draft of a chapter to be published in an upcoming book on the Versailles Peace Treaty.

Keywords: Mixed Arbitral Tribunals, Versailles Peace Treaty, Mass Claims, Private International Law, Arbitration, Dispute Settlement

JEL Classification: K33, K49