Arbitration is now a key formal means of resolving disputes in relation to domestic commercial agreements. It raises many significant issues and challenges. The first question is how private parties are able to agree to resolve disputes in this way and how such agreements are to be respected by court institutions. The unit aims at being an advanced postgraduate unit highlighting the most significant current issues in domestic arbitration scholarship and practice. It begins with a conceptual analysis of the nature of domestic arbitration, its sources of law and the ways in which it is integrated with the court system. Using students experience, case studies and literature, attention is... -- Course Website
