Regulation and Infrastructure of International Commercial Arbitration MODULE A

Description

The course will provide you with a good knowledge of  international commercial arbitration as a means of dispute settlement of international business dispute, the reality relating to current regulation and infrastructure of international commercial arbitration, and relevant legal and other regulatory instruments. In addition, the course will stimulate a thorough understanding of the international character of international arbitration, will enable you to reason, and draft opinions in respect of matters relating to international commercial arbitration, and will familiarize you with legal issues relating to the arbitration agreement and  explore the regulation, theory and practice relevant to arbitration tribunals. The course strikes a balance between theory and practice. It analyses relevant legal instruments and the practice of major arbitration institutions. In particular we will explore, inter alia the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, the 1985 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, various national arbitration laws, including the 1996 English Arbitration Act, the 1987 Swiss Private International Act, the 1981 French Code of Civil Procedure and the 1925 US Federal Arbitration Act, and various arbitration Rules, such as the UNCITRAL Rules, and the Rules of the ICC, LCIA, AAA, CIETAC.