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KDEC 2185 - International Commercial Arbitration

KDEC 2185 · Fall semester 2026-2027

Language of tuition
English
Course type
Cours séminaire
Number of hours
24
Credits
4

Information

Description

The course offers an introduction to international commercial arbitration. Its main purpose is to discuss the interactions and tensions between State power and the power of private parties in relation to the regulation and functioning of international arbitration throughout its main characteristics: arbitrability, scope of the arbitration agreement, jurisdiction of arbitrators (compared to jurisdiction of state courts), law applicable to the arbitral proceedings, law applicable to the merits, challenge and enforcement of arbitral awards.

Language of instruction : English (some documents in French).

Prerequisites

Contract Law.

Teaching format

Interactive seminar.

Assessment

Active participation in class discussions (60%) ; Final oral exam 40%

Workload

See previous item.

Readings

Main readings 3

  1. • Emmanuel Gaillard, Legal Theory of International Arbitration (Martinus Nijhoff, 2010)

    Read online

  2. • Gary Born, International Commercial Arbitration, 3rd ed (Kluwer Law International, 2020)

  3. • Nigel Blackaby, Martin Hunter, Constantine Partasides & Alan Redfern, Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration, 7th ed (Oxford University Press, 2022)

    Read online

Further readings 61

  1. • American Arbitration Association (AAA): www.adr.org

  2. • American Review of International Arbitration

  3. • Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC): www.sccinstitute.com/uk/home

  4. • Arbitration International

  5. • ASA Bulletin

  6. • Camera Arbitrale di Milano: www.camera-arbitrale.it/show.jsp

  7. • Christophe Seraglini & Jérôme Ortscheidt, Droit de l’arbitrage interne et international, 2nd ed (Montchrestien, 2019)

  8. • CLOUT: http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/case_law.html

  9. • Common Court of Justice and Arbitration of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa: www.ohada.com

  10. • Court of Arbitration for Sport: www.tas-cas.org

  11. • CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution: www.cpradr.org

  12. • David D. Caron et al (eds.), Practising Virtue - Inside International Arbitration (Oxford University Press, 2015)

    Borrow

  13. • Diego P. Fernández Arroyo & Yas Banifatemi (eds.), Cuestiones claves del arbitraje internacional, 2nd ed (Tirant Lo Blanch/CEDEP, 2026)

  14. • Emmanuel Gaillard & John Savage, Fouchard Gaillard Goldman on International Arbitration (Kluwer Law International 1999)

  15. • Eric Loquin, L’arbitrage du commerce international (Joly, 2015)

  16. • European Journal of International Law Blog: http://www.ejiltalk.org/

  17. • Franco Ferrari & Friedrich Rosenfeld (eds.), International Commercial Arbitration – A Comparative Introduction (Edward Elgar, 2021); French adapted version, with Caroline Kleiner (Pedone, 2023)

  18. • Franco Ferrari & Stefan Kröll (eds.), Conflict of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration (Juris, 2019)

  19. • Gary Born, International Arbitration Cases and Materials, 3rd ed (Kluwer Law International, 2021)

  20. • George A Bermann (ed.), Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, The Interpretation and Application of the New York Convention by National Courts (Ius Comparatum Series, International Academy of Comparative Law, Springer, 2017)

    Read online

  21. • George A Bermann, International Arbitration and Private International Law (Hague Academy of International Law, Martinus Nijhoff, 2017)

    Read online

  22. • Giuditta Cordero-Moss & Diego P. Fernández Arroyo (eds.), Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration (The Hague Academy of International Law, Brill / Nijhoff, 2023)

  23. • Global Arbitration Review (GAR)

  24. • Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC): www.hkiac.org/main.html

  25. • ICC International Court of Arbitration: www.iccwbo.org/index _court.asp

  26. • ICCA Yearbook of Commercial Arbitration

  27. • International Arbitration Law Review

  28. • International Arbitration: http://arbitration-blog.eu/

  29. • International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID): www.worldbank.org/icsid/index.html

  30. • Jan Paulsson, The Idea of Arbitration (Oxford University Press, 2013)

    Borrow

  31. • Jean-Baptiste Racine, Droit de l’arbitrage (PUF, 2016)

  32. • Jean-Francois Poudret & Sébastien Besson, Comparative Law of International Arbitration (Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)

    Borrow

  33. • Journal du Droit International (Clunet)

  34. • Journal of International Arbitration

  35. • Journal of International Dispute Settlement

  36. • Jus Mundi https://jusmundi.com

  37. • Kluwer Arbitration Blog: http://kluwerarbitrationblog.com/

  38. • Kluwer Arbitration Database: http://www.kluwerarbitration.com/

  39. • London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA): www.lcia.org

  40. • OGEMID: http://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/ogemid/

  41. • Opinio Juris: http://opiniojuris.org/

  42. • Paris Journal of International Arbitration/ Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage

  43. • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA): www.pca-cpa.org

  44. • Revue de l’Arbitrage

  45. • Singapore International Arbitration Centre: www.siac.org.sg

  46. • Stefan Kröll, Andrea K. Bjorklund & Franco Ferrari (eds), Cambridge Compendium of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration (CUP, 2023)

  47. • TDM: http://www.transnational-dispute- management.com

  48. • The Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration: www.acica.com.au

  49. • The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA): www.crcica.org.eg

  50. • The Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (CAM-CCBC): http://www.ccbc.org.br/?culture=en-US

  51. • The China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC): www.cietac.org

  52. • The German Institution of Arbitration (DIS): www.dis-arb.de

  53. • The Indian Council for Arbitration: www.southasia.com/icc/index.htm

  54. • The Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration: http://www.rcakl.org.my/

  55. • Thomas Clay, Code de l’arbitrage commenté (Lexis Nexis, 2021)

  56. • World Intellectual Property Organization - Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center): www.wipo.int/center/

  57. • Yearbook Commercial Arbitration

  58. Arbitral institutions :

  59. Blogs :

  60. Specialized legal journals :

  61. Websites :

Teaching units

Unit no.Unit type Teaching unitsTeachers Number of hoursCredits
17278Cours séminaire International Commercial Arbitration Diego FERNANDEZ ARROYO, Catalina ECHEVERRI GALLEGO, Paula EIBEN-DZIALOSZYNSKA244

Teachers

  • Diego FERNANDEZ ARROYO
  • Catalina ECHEVERRI GALLEGO
  • Paula EIBEN-DZIALOSZYNSKA