The Board of Foundation: Forum Internationale: Choice of Forum and Laws in International Commercial Arbitration

This paper looks at the choice of forum and law in international commercial arbitration. It raises the fundamental question of what gives the arbitrator his or her competence; the will of the parties or the law of the seat of arbitration which the parties may, or may not, have chosen.

List of contents

The autonomy of the parties; does arbitration have a forum?; the arbitration clause as an independent source of the arbitrator's authority; the choice of the arbitral seat; choice of law as regards the arbitration agreement; the scope of the law governing the arbitration agreement; the substantive law to be applied by the tribunal; the law governing procedure; mandatory rules.

Product details

• Authors: Nygh, P. E. Nygh, Peter Nygh
• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1997
• EAN: 9789041104922
• ISBN: 978-90-411-0492-2
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 82 g
• Series: Ifa Congress Seminar Series; Ifa Congress Seminar Series
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Mercantile and commercial law