Section Information
Section Description Provided by Instructor
The seminar focuses on the law and practice of international commercial arbitration, including a detailed discussion on the validity and enforcement of an agreement to arbitrate; the network of international treaties, laws and rules applicable to international arbitration; the appointment and composition of an arbitral tribunal; powers and duties of arbitrators and the jurisdiction of arbitral tribunals; organization and conduct of the arbitral proceedings; the role, intervention and cooperation of national courts before and during the arbitration; the rendering of an arbitral award and its challenge before the courts of the place where the award was rendered; and the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
In addition to serve as an introduction to the law and practice of international commercial arbitration, the seminar pays special attention to recent developments in Latin America, with particular emphasis on the bilateral investment treaties concluded by Latin American countries with capital-exporting countries, giving rise to international arbitration under the ICSID (Washington) Convention of 1965.
Semester
Fall 2012
Section
001
Schedule
W 4:20p - 6:10p
Location
JGH 602
Points
2.0
Method of Evaluation
Paper
J.D. Writing Credit
Minor (automatic)
Course Limitations
Pre-requisite Courses
None
Co-requisite Courses
None
Recommended Courses
None
Other Limitations
Maximum 15 students
