Conflict of laws and arbitral discretion the closest connection test

Arbitration is the dispute resolution method of choice in international commerce, but it rests on a complex legal foundation. In many international commercial contracts, the parties will choose the law governing any future disputes. However, where the parties do not choose a governing law, the preva...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hayward, Benjamin, autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : New York, NY : Oxford University Press 2017
Edition:First edition
Series:Oxford private international law series
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991005364409706719
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and context
  • The current regulation of conflicts of laws in International commercial arbitration
  • Identified issues in the current regulatory regime
  • A proposed solution : a bright-line test
  • A proposed bright-line test : the closest connection test
  • A proposed closest connection test : the (modified) Art 4 Rome Convention Rule
  • Implementation and conclusion
  • Appendix 1. Draft submission on the conflict of laws, for use in a model law Seated Arbitration
  • Appendix 2. Draft application for the setting aside of an award on conflict of laws grounds, for use in relation to a model law Seated Arbitration
  • Appendix 3. Draft procedural order, on the conflict of laws