Bibliographie sélective OHADA

Structure originale d’organisation d’une forme particulière d’entreprise, la coopérative se caractérise aussi par l’existence d’une dualité dans le statut des membres qui la composent. L’associé-coopérateur répond à deux composantes qui se réalisent, en interdépendance effective, dans un engagement d’activité et dans une obligation d’apport. Des dysfonctionnements pourront remettre en cause la connexité des deux qualités chaque fois qu’interviendra un relâchement des liens du fait de la coopérative ou du fait de l’associé-coopérateur. Reste que ce statut remarquable continue de renforcer l’idéologie coopérative et conserve toute l’ampleur conférée aux coopératives qui, à l’aube du XXIe siècle, occupent une place non négligeable dans l’économie nationale. Ces réflexions sont au coeur d’une thèse dont l’auteur livre ici la substance. The cooperative firm is an unusual organizational form meant for a particular type of enterprise in which members have a dual role. The cooperator-member derives from two components that are fulfilled in effective interdependence by a commitment to patronizing the enterprise and an obligation to contribute to capital. The connectedness of these two aspects could be undermined by any malfunctioning that occurs whenever these bonds are weakened either because of the cooperative or the member. Still, this remarkable status remains as important as cooperatives themselves which, at the dawn of the 21st century, play a significant role in the national economy. These ideas are at the center of the author’s dissertation, the main points of which appear here.

<p>This thesis seeks to ascertain the rules of private international law determining the procedural law of international commercial arbitral proceedings. In an Introduction, the author outlines the fundamental notions, introduces the topic and the major doctrines and issues, and sets out his methodology and structure of the work.</p> <p>The thesis examine first, as a preliminary issue, the considerations influencing the assumption of jurisdiction over arbitral proceedings. Chapter 1 discusses the various theories on the <em>lex arbitri</em> (the law supplying the general legal framework of an arbitration) as relevant to the procedural law, and concludes that they are deductive and therefore unable to satisfactorily to determine the applicable procedural law. Chapter 2 analyses major national laws as case-studies of the technique and scope of application of international arbitration law, and suggests a model of legislative and court jurisdiction based on the legal concept of 'seat of the arbitration' and on considerations based on the most appropriate court to control an arbitration. Chapter 3 discusses the obligations of the state of the seat under the European Convention on Human Rights and confirms the findings in Chapter 2.</p> <p>In a second part, the thesis elaborates on the title and extent of permissible municipal law interference. Chapter 4 tests the validity of the propositions derived from Chapters 2 and 3 against arbitral practice and concludes that seldom will arbitrators derogate from the law of the seat. Chapter 5 examines the particular case of arbitrations with states and similar entities.</p> <p>The third part discusses the relevance of compliance with the law of the seat at the stage of enforcement of an award. Chapter 6 deals with the technical issue of whether annulment at the place of making precludes enforcement in other <em>fora</em>. That chapter gives the opportunity to discuss models of separation of international jurisdiction and co-operation between different jurisdictions from a practical perspective. It thus serves as a convenient introduction to Chapter 7, which discusses the more abstract question of the nexus required between an arbitral award and the municipal law of the state of rendition in order for the award to enter, <em>in limine</em>, the scope of application of the international instruments in the field.</p> <p>The thesis ends with Conclusions in the form of model provisions for municipal law and arbitration rules.</p>