Business Law

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION

Outline

A. What is International Arbitration?

1. Defining Characteristics of Commercial Arbitration

2. Special Characteristics of International Commercial Arbitration

3. Legal Framework for International Commercial Arbitration

4. Institutional Arbitration Rules

5. International Arbitration Agreements

B. An Overview of the Advantages and Disadvantages of International

Arbitration

C. An Overview of Leading International Arbitration Institutions and Rules

1. Institutional Arbitration

2. Ad Hoc Arbitration

3. Leading Arbitral Institutions:

a. International Chamber of Commerce International Court Of Arbitration

b. American Arbitration Association

c. London Court of International Arbitration

d. Other Arbitral Institutions

D. An Introduction to International Treaties and Conventions Concerning International Commercial Arbitration

1. Geneva Protocol of 1923 and Geneva Convention of 1927

2. The New York Convention

3. The Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration

4. The ICSID Convention

5. Iran-United States Claims Tribunal

6. Bilateral Treaties

E. Choice Of Law in International Commercial Arbitration

1. Importance of Choice of Law Issues in International Arbitration

2. Overview Of Law Applicable to the Substance of the Parties’ Dispute

3. Overview of Law Applicable to the Arbitration Agreement

4. Overview of Law Applicable to the Arbitration Proceedings

5. Conflict of Law Rules

F. U.S. Legislation Concerning International Commercial Arbitration

1. Relevance of National Arbitration Legislation

2. Introduction to the Federal Arbitration Act and Other Sources

3. The Federal Arbitration Act

4. State Arbitration Laws

G. Overview of Foreign Arbitration Statutes

1. Less Supportive National Arbitration Legislation

2. Supportive National Arbitration Legislation

H. International Efforts at Harmonization of Arbitration Statutes and Rules

1. UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration

2. UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

3. IBA Supplementary Rules of Evidence

4. ABA/AAA and IBA Code of Arbitrations’ Ethics

I. Sources of Information About International Arbitration

1. ICCA Yearbook of Commercial Arbitration

2. Mealey’s International Arbitration Report

3. Arbitration International

4. Journal du Droit International (Clunet)

5. Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards

6. International Legal Materials

7. W. Craig, W. Park & J. Paulsson, International Chamber Arbitration

8. A. Redfern & M. Hunter, International Chamber Arbitration

9. Domke on Commercial Arbitration

10. Van den Berg,