General information

• Study points: 4.00
• Language: English
• Category: Lectures
• Duration: 26.0 hours 
• Periodicity: Taught in the second semester
• POC: POC Rechten

Taught by

Van Houtte Johannes

Aims

Content

The course starts with a workshop on mediation, the other A.D.R. (=Alternative Dispure Resolution )- method. Then, after a brief introduction to the disputes that may be submitted to arbitration, the successive stages of the arbitration-process are discussed: the drafting of the arbitration clause, the selection of the seat of arbitration and of the arbitration institution or rules, the nomination of arbitrators and their possible challenge, the conduct of the arbitration proceedings, the handling of evidence, the possible help to be received from state courts, the application of the law and the rendering of the award. Finally, the possibilities to have an award set aside by the state courts and the modalities of enforcement of the award by the state courts are discussed.
This course approaches arbitration from a transnational point of view whereby only occasional references will be made to the arbitration laws in relevant countries. The participants are expected to connect the general principles with their own arbitration system.

Evaluation description

Examination type:
    oral with written preparation
When?: final examination during examination period
Evaluation type:
    Closed book