Rhedir gan School of History, Law and Social Sciences

20.000 Credyd neu 10.000 Credyd ECTS

Semester 1

Trefnydd: Dr Wei Shi

This module provides an overview of the law and procedure of international commercial arbitration, and of its role as a unique channel for the settlement of business disputes arising out of transnational commercial transactions. It examines the most representative legal regimes in the area of dispute resolution through an integrated study of its theoretical and practical aspects, and explores current legal problems in arbitration, focusing on how to determine an appropriate approach when problems arise in actual practice, as well as the deeper questions of how the legal rules might fit into the existing framework of international commercial arbitration.

The course is divided broadly into three parts. The first part of the course is concerned with the theoretical and institutional structure of arbitration. It begins with a historical overview of international commercial arbitration and a comparative analysis of arbitration and litigation. The aim of this section is to provide students with grounding in the rules and procedures of international commercial arbitration. The second part of the course will be devoted to the examination of the legal framework within which arbitral disputes are resolved. This section focuses on certain specific aspects of international commercial arbitration such as the 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards, the extent and timing of judicial review of awards, grounds for refusing recognition or enforcement of awards, and interim measures of protection. The third part of the course focuses on a review of the principles and practices of international commercial arbitration. This section examines recent developments in international commercial arbitration and the emergence of converging arbitral rules. Also included will be an overview of the arbitral institutions in China, Hong Kong and Japan.

trothwy

Displays ability within a specialized area of knowledge and skills, employing appropriate skills to conduct research. Work at threshold quality demonstrates an adequate knowledge and understanding of current issues in this field of study. It shows a critical awareness of current problems, some of which is informed by thinking at the forefront of the academic discipline. Work at this level shows a developing understanding of techniques applicable to the student's own research. It shows an ability of apply knowledge in an original way, and to use established techniques of research and enquiry to interpret knowledge in the discipline. The conceptual understanding evidenced by the work indicates that the student can evaluate scholarship in the field.

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Displays accomplished ability within a specialized area of knowledge and skills, employing good quality skills to conduct research. Good work in this module will demonstrate a systematic knowledge and understanding of current issues in this field of study. It shows a critical awareness of current problems, much of which is at, or informed by thinking at, the forefront of the academic discipline. Work at this level shows a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to the student¿s own research. It shows an ability to apply knowledge in an original way, and to use established techniques of research and enquiry to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline. The conceptual understanding evidenced in the work indicates that the student can evaluate advanced scholarship in the discipline. The work shows an ability to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them, and, where, appropriate, propose hypotheses.

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Displays mastery of a complex and specialized area of knowledge and skills, employing advanced skills to conduct research. Excellent work in this module will contain the qualities recognized in good work, but will show them in a more consistent way, and at all points. It will demonstrate a systematic knowledge and understanding of current issues in this field of study. It shows a critical awareness of current problems, much of which is at the forefront of this academic discipline. Work at this level shows a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to the student¿s own research or to advanced scholarship. It shows throughout an ability to apply knowledge in an original way, and to use established techniques of research and enquiry to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline. The conceptual understanding evidenced in the work indicates that the student can critically evaluate advanced scholarship in the discipline, and do so in a consistent manner. The work shows an ability to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them, and, where, appropriate, propose hypotheses.

1. Critically analyse the main rules and principles operating in the areas of international commercial arbitration and set these in their appropriate context.

2. Develop an epistemic awareness of the different theoretical notions of arbitration and their influence on arbitral practice.

3. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the nature of arbitration as a form of dispute resolution and its advantages and disadvantages relative to litigation, particularly in a context of international trade.

4. Demonstrate a critical awareness of some of the major forms of institutional arbitration, such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and its Dispute Resolution Services.

5. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the relationship between domestic courts and arbitration and the growing autonomy of the arbitral process.

6. Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the effect of parties; strategies on the actual functioning of the arbitral process, and an ability to advise clients on the drafting and enforcing of arbitration agreements and awards and the conduct of arbitral proceedings.

7. Formulate, investigate and refine suggestions for the development and/or reform of the existing law.

Math	Enw	Disgrifiad	Pwysau
	Written assignment		100.00

		Oriau

• Llythrennedd - Medrusrwydd mewn darllen ac ysgrifennu drwy amrywiaeth o gyfryngau
• Defnyddio cyfrifiaduron - Medrusrwydd wrth ddefnyddio ystod o feddalwedd cyfrifiadurol
• Hunanreolaeth - Gallu gweithio mewn ffordd effeithlon, prydlon a threfnus. Gallu edrych ar ganlyniadau tasgau a digwyddiadau, a barnu lefelau o ansawdd a phwysigrwydd
• Archwilio - Gallu ymchwilio ac ystyried dewisiadau eraill
• Adalw gwybodaeth - Gallu mynd at wahanol ac amrywiol ffynonellau gwybodaeth
• Sgiliau Rhyngbersonol - Gallu gofyn cwestiynau, gwrando'n astud ar atebion a'u harchwilio
• Dadansoddi Beirniadol & Datrys Problem - Gallu dadelfennu a dadansoddi problemau neu sefyllfaoedd cymhleth. Gallu canfod atebion i broblemau drwy ddadansoddiadau ac archwilio posibiliadau
• Cyflwyniad - Gallu cyflwyno gwybodaeth ac esboniadau yn glir i gynulleidfa. Trwy gyfryngau ysgrifenedig neu ar lafar yn glir a hyderus.
• Dadl - Gallu cyflwyno, trafod a chyfiawnhau barn neu lwybr gweithredu, naill ai gydag unigolyn neu mewn grwˆp ehangach
• Hunanymwybyddiaeth & Ystyried - Bod yn ymwybodol o'ch cryfderau, gwendidau, nodau ac amcanion eich hun. Gallu adolygu ,cloriannu a myfyrio'n rheolaidd ar eich perfformiad eich hun ac eraill.

• present reasoned, critical, comparative responses to the views of others on legal subjects within a Welsh, United Kingdom, European and/or global context;
• present to others from a specialist or non-specialist background, reasoned, critical, comparative presentations relating to legal subjects within a Welsh, United Kingdom, European and/or global context;
• Students will acquire knowledge and understanding of basic principles, advanced level theories and explore the many traditional and contemporary challenges in International Law. They will receive a balanced education in the relevant law, theory, politics and practice.
• Students will be taught through a range of methods, balancing theory and practice, and aiming at developing critical thinkers able to respond to the intellectual and professional challenges facing contemporary International Lawyers.
• write sustained critical expositions of any given area of the legal subjects studied and present the findings clearly, logically and coherently;

Rhestr ddarllen

Redfern and Hunter, Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration, Sweet & Maxwell, 4th ed. (2004) Collier and Lowe, The Settlement of Disputes in International Law, OUP (1999) Lew, Mistelis and Kröll, Comparative International Commercial Arbitration, Kluwer Law International (2003) Mustill and Boyd, Commercial Arbitration 2001 Companion, London and Edinburgh, Butterworths (2001) Born, International Arbitration: Law and Practice (2012) Margaret L. Moses, The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration, Cambridge University Press, 17 Mar 2008 Edited by Loukas A. Mistelis & Stavros L. Brekoulakis, Arbitrability : international & comparative perspectives (2009) Andrew Tweeddale, Keren Tweeddale, Arbitration of commercial disputes : international and English law and practice (2007) Strong, Stacie, Research and practice in international commercial arbitration : sources and strategies (2009)

Opsiynol mewn cyrsiau:

• M1AF: LLM International Commercial and Business Law year 1 (LLM/ICBL)
• M1AO: LLM International Intellectual Property Law year 1 (LLM/IIPL)
• M1AI: LLM International Law year 1 (LLM/IL)
• M1AC: LLM Laws year 1 (LLM/LAW)
• M1AR: LLM Maritime Law year 1 (LLM/MLAW)