The case law and literature to date have struggled to locate the rationale for the assignability of arbitration agreements. While different justifications have been proffered, each of them rests on questionable premises. This has given rise to a host of uncertainties over the rules which apply in practice. This paper proposes that a satisfactory rationale can be found in the “acceptance principle”. This principle indicates, first, that arbitration agreements which are not actual burdens can be assigned, and second, that the assignability of arbitration agreements is grounded in the assignee's acceptance in the form of non-disclaimer of the assignment. Bringing the acceptance principle to the fore not only provides a theoretically sound justification for the assignability of arbitration agreements; it also suggests how the practical uncertainties in this area of law can be resolved satisfactorily.

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解释仲裁协议的分配

迄今为止，判例法和文献一直在努力寻找仲裁协议可转让性的理由。尽管提出了不同的理由，但它们中的每一个都建立在有问题的前提之上。这给实践中适用的规则带来了许多不确定性。本文提出可以在“接受原则”中找到令人满意的理由。这一原则表明，第一，可以转让非实际负担的仲裁协议，第二，仲裁协议的可转让性以受让人以不放弃转让的形式接受为基础。突出接受原则不仅为仲裁协议的可转让性提供了理论上合理的理由；