L’autorité de chose jugée des décisions relatives à la compétence arbitrale - Revue de l’arbitrage View L’autorité de chose jugée des décisions relatives à la compétence arbitrale by - Revue de l’arbitrage L’autorité de chose jugée des décisions relatives à la compétence arbitrale 2016 1 Where several courts may have jurisdiction to rule on the validity and effect of a same arbitration clause, one may legitimately question the authority of their decisions in relation to other courts which may also have to consider this point. This article proposes to analyse in which cases res judicata applies to decisions on arbitral jurisdiction. A number of problems quickly appear, raising doubts as to the suitability of this procedural tool to deal with the question of the effectiveness of a jurisdiction clause such as an arbitration clause. 
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