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International Arbitration

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Course ID: 4003-IA-ERASMUS
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: International Arbitration
Name in Polish: International Arbitration
Organizational unit: Centre for Europe
Course groups: Courses in foreign languages
Courses only for Erasmus students
General university courses
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 6.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Type of course:

general courses

Short description:

This course is an overview of International Arbitration as an alternative to state courts method of dispute resolution. After the course students will know how to apply International Arbitration and know its principles, understand how the proceedings take place and what to do after the award is issued. Students will also obtain knowledge of most typical problems of international commercial contracts as well as the framework of protection of foreign investments under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties.

Full description:

The target group of the proposed course is for students of law, international relations and everyone interested in dispute resolution, commercial contracts execution, protection of foreign investments. The aim is to acquaint them with such a mechanism for resolving disputes as international arbitration as an institute, which has global application and success. The list of topics is as follows:

1) Arbitration as an alternative mechanism of dispute resolution

2) Kinds of International Arbitration

3) The Arbitration Agreement

4) Regulation of International Arbitration: applicable law and rules

6) The appointment of arbitrators and other arbitral proceedings

5) Judicial assistance of International Arbitration

7) The arbitral awards and enforcement

8) Summary of the course

The course is primarily focused on the study of international commercial arbitration. At the same time, topics of other kinds of arbitration, such as investment arbitration and inters-state arbitration, will be partially discussed.

Bibliography:

Margaret L. Moses, The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration, Cambridge University Press, 2012

Gary B. Born, International Arbitration, Wolters Kluwer, Third Edition, 2021

Learning outcomes:

After the completion of the course the student

- has a basic knowledge of International Arbitration

- knows the difference between International Commercial / Investment Arbitration, ad hoc / institutional arbitration

- knows the regulation of International Arbitration

- has basic knowledge about the tribunal and arbitral proceedings

- knows how to enforce / apply for setting aside an arbitral award

- etc.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Active participation in seminars, presentation of papers

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
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Type of class:
Lecture, 15 hours, 25 places more information
Coordinators: Dorota Jurkiewicz-Eckert, Markiyan Malskyy
Group instructors: Markiyan Malskyy
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Examination: Course - Examination
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