International Arbitration

International Arbitration

International arbitration is a legal dispute resolution mechanism, a bit like courts. It provides binding decisions that are enforceable around the world. It is where parties take their disputes when they have agreed that the courts in one country, for one reason or another, do not suit them—which happens more often than one might think. International arbitration, in essence, provides the functions of a court system but under private contract or other agreement. It may be the domain of specialist lawyers, but it reaches a vast category of disputes and has become a phenomenon of broad social importance. And because of this, it is now very much at the heart of a growing public debate. 

Today, generalist lawyers need to know about international arbitration. It also holds growing interest for the legal profession, as it involves a variety of procedural choices distinct from those of national court systems and has thus created new branches of legal practice, with the commercial and professional possibilities that such growth entails. This course discusses the key current aspects of international arbitration, combining theory and practice, doctrinal views and empirical evidence, broad pictures and concrete case studies, lectures and discussions. It should be of interest to both those considering specializing in this field and those curious about this private dispute-resolution mechanism, its operations, and its consequences.

Instructions 

The course will be taught every Tuesday from 10h15 to 12h00 at Uni-Mail MS130. The PPT slides for each session will be available by 10:15 every Tuesday at the latest. 

• Readings

The readings (mandatory and optional) are available on the course's Moodle page. A reader containing all mandatory readings is available at the Centrale des polycopiés.

Mandatory readings have been marked with ‘M’ and Optional readings with ‘O’.

• Moodle

Potential changes to the schedule and/or any other information related to the course will be communicated via email or on the Moodle platform. Please enroll and check the ‘announcements’ on the course's Moodle page regularly.

• Exam

The exam will comprise multiple-choice questions in which you will have to declare whether the assertion provided is correct or incorrect (Yes or No). Then, you will be asked to explain your decision briefly.

Further instructions (e.g., date, number of questions, links, etc) will follow in due course.