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 ...