Choice of Law Issues in International Arbitration (LAW-677S-001)
Horacio Grigera-Naon
Meets: 02:00 PM - 05:10 PM (MTuWTh) - Warren - Room N102
Enrolled: 8 / Limit: 22
Notices
This course is part of the Arbitration Summer Courses. Exam: The exam is a 24-hour take-home test. Students may download the exams the day after the last class of the course has taken place. The exam will be available online until July 15, 2019 (5:00pm DC Time) at MyWCL. Participants are not required to stay in DC to submit the exam. Paper Option: Professors are generally open to accept a written paper in lieu of the exam. If interested in this option, please send an email to arbitration@wcl.american.edu. Certificate: Student Participants must take at least 3 seminars to receive a certificate of completion. Please search the courses under the ICA code or go to https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/arbitration/ Registration: No special application is required for WCL students. Please enroll through your my.american.edu account. Registration will open at the end of March, 2019. For more Information: (202) 274-4321 | arbitration@wcl.american.edu | Suite Y360 A
Description
Deals with practical aspects of choice-of-law problems in international arbitration cases concerning both the procedure and the merits. The main goal of this course is, by analyzing different arbitral awards, to teach the various choice-of-law approaches observed by international commercial arbitrators when making applicable law or rules of law determinations and how these approaches have evolved thorough the years.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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Class materials are posted in MyWCL after spring courses end. The Center provides class materials in an electronic format two weeks before the session begins. Please send an email to arbitration@wcl.american.edu for more information.
First Class Readings
Not available at this time.