Statutory Rules for Arbitration

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A class in which students will eventually write a statutory framework for the legal regulation of arbitral proceedings, contracts, and awards. The major phases of the arbitral process will be addressed in all of the statutory frameworks: contract freedom, the arbitrator's adjudicatory powers, the right of arbitrators to rule on the validity of their own jurisdiction, and the function of courts in terms of arbitration. The groups will assess existing laws on arbitration: the UNCITRAL Model Law, the 1996 UK Arbitration Act, the French statutory provisions on arbitration, and the Federal Arbitration Act. Discussions among groups will focus upon the drawbacks of existing regimes and the means of perfecting the regulation of arbitration.