Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (Theme B)

As part of this module you will cover the following areas:

• General principles of international arbitration:
  • Nature and limits of arbitration and its treatment by various legal systems
  • Jurisdiction, powers and obligations of an arbitrator
• • Arbitration distinguished from other forms of dispute resolution
  • The laws applicable in international commercial arbitration
  • Key features of enforceability
  • Institutional arbitration and ad hoc arbitration
  • Arbitration processes
  • UNCITRAL Model Law and national arbitration laws
  • Awards
• Oil and gas arbitration
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    •  Host states control mechanisms
  • • The legal rights of the host state to expropriate
    • Direct and indirect expropriations
    • The renegotiability of international petroleum agreements
    • Adaptation
• JOA case studies
• Default and dispute resolution in practice, including:
  • • Default, remedies and forfeiture
    • Default remedies in JOAs
    • Expert determination
    • Arbitration and litigation
    • Jurisdiction
    • Consolidation
    • Sovereign immunity.