The consequences of antique genesis of arbitration agreement institution in modern Russia

This article investigates the prerequisites, the stages of formation and development of the arbitration agreement institution in the Roman ancient civilization, as well as their similar manifestations that had influence on the development, legislative priorities and the priorities of modern Russian legal regulation of the studied institution. The author analyzes the approaches applied by ancient Roman lawyers for legitimizing the arbitration agreement institution, and compares them with modern Russian legislative approaches. The author also highlights the fundamental principles of some approaches reception by the Old Russian law, the Soviet law, and by the modern national legislation of the Russian Federation.