CONTENTS ON NTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION LAW 国际商事仲裁法（双语）教学内容
一、课程说明
课程性质：选修 课程语言：中英双语 授课对象：法学本科 学时：36 学分：2
授课教师：中国人民大学法学院 赵秀文教授
二、双语教学教材
1． 21世纪国际法学系列教材《国际商事仲裁法》（中英双语教材）,赵秀文编著，中国人民大学出版社，2004年（该教材出版后得到好评，应人大出版社的邀请，申请人于今年初又进行了修订，2008年5月底第二版即将面世）； 2．《国际商事仲裁案例解析》（中文），赵秀文主编，中国人民大学出版社，2005年版（书中收集的案例，都出自于双语教材各章节后的案例）； 3. 《国际商事仲裁法参考资料》(中英文对照)，赵秀文、谢菁菁编著，中国人民大学出版社，2006年版（书中收集了《纽约公约》等国际公约、联合国贸法会的国际商事仲裁示范法、仲裁规则；中、美、法、德等各主要国家的仲裁法；以及中国国际经济法贸易仲裁委员会、国际商会国际仲裁院、伦敦国际仲裁院、美国仲裁协会等国际主要仲裁机构的仲裁规则）。
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL
ARBITRATION LAW
第一章 导论
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本章的教学目的是要求学生理解并掌握国际商事仲裁的起源与发展、国际商事仲裁法的概念、性质和法律渊源；以及我国国际仲裁法的主要内容。
Key Issues
● Definition and nature of arbitration
● Relations and difference between arbitration and other methods for the
settlement of dispute ● Functions of the international conventions and model law in the unification
and coordination of international commercial arbitration law ● Basic principles of international commercial arbitration law ● Chinese international commercial arbitration law
● Research method for the international commercial arbitration law
Section 1 Arbitration and Other Methods for the Settlement of Dispute
Origin and development of arbitration：Arbitration is developed with the needs of commercial business. It is the voluntary method for the settlement of dispute based on the parties
agreement.
Nature and characteristics of arbitration: Arbitration is contractual in nature basically as a
method for the settlement of dispute. No arbitration agreement, no arbitration. This method later incorporated into the legal system of the State. The national court shall enforce the arbitration agreement as well as the arbitral awards in accordance with the local law. In this regards, it also carries out the judicial nature.
Relationship between arbitration and other methods for the settlement of dispute
Arbitration law governing arbitration: Arbitration incorporated advantages from both ADR and litigation. It is more flexible as ADR as to the parties autonomy. The arbitral award could be enforceable as the court judgement.
Section 2 International Commercial Arbitration Law
Origin and development of international commercial arbitration law: It origins from the
national law and international conventions. Parties for the international commercial arbitration law: mostly between the parties with
equal legal status, that is the private parties. Subject matters of the international commercial arbitration law
--relationship between the parties under the arbitration agreement
--relationship between the arbitration institution, arbitration tribunal and the parties --national courts’ supervision on the international commercial arbitration law Sources of international commercial arbitration law
--Domestic arbitration law
--International legislation: bilateral judicial cooperation treaty, international convention,
model law
Section 3 Basic Principles of International Commercial Arbitration Law
Parties’ autonomy: the parties may select the arbitration institution, applied rules, arbitrators,
languages, place of arbitration and so on.
Independent and impartial settlement disputes by the arbitral tribunal: arbitrators are different
from national judges as to the field of implementation of law. The functions for the settlement of dispute are similar. The only objective for the arbitrator is to render awards
independently and impartially.
National courts’ supervision on the arbitration: Since the national courts implement law in
public field, the arbitral awards are subject to the courts’ supervision. The court may set aside national award or may refuse national and foreign awards at the request of the party according to national law.
Section 4 International Commercial Arbitration Law in China
Domestic arbitration law
Bilateral judicial cooperation treaty and international convention to which China is a party
Section 5 Construction of the Course
Arbitration institutions
International arbitration agreement Arbitration tribunal Arbitration procedures
The law governing the arbitration Award and remedies Court supervision
Case Study: German Zueblin v. Wuxi Woco 本章教学要点：
1、 仲裁是当事人之间通过协议约定的将他们之间的争议提交给独立的第三者裁断的解决争议的方法。
2、 与解决争议的其它方法，包括诉讼的方法和ADR方法相比，仲裁既有诉讼解决争议的终局性，又有ADR方法解决争议的自愿性和灵活性。它集当事人之间的自愿性与法律上的强制性为一体，同时具有契约和司法的性质。
3、 由联合国主持制订的《纽约公约》和联合国贸法会主持制订的《示范法》，对于协调和统一各国有关国际商事仲裁的立法与实践，具有重要的指导作用。《纽约公约》统一了各缔约国对仲裁协议效力的承认和拒绝承认与执行外国仲裁裁决的条件；《示范法》则为各国制订调整本国国际商事仲裁关系的法律提供了参照系。 4、 国际商事仲裁的基本原则是协议仲裁原则、仲裁庭独立、公正地解决争议的原则和法院对仲裁实施保障和监督的原则。
5、 中国有关国际商事仲裁的立法，经历了从无到有的过程，现已建立了由国内仲裁立法与我国缔结或参加的国际公约为主体的比较完善的仲裁法体系。我国国际商事仲裁法包括我国立法机关颁布的调整国际商事仲裁关系的法律规范，以及我国缔结或参加的双边和多边调整国际商事仲裁关系的法律规范的总称。 6、 研究国际商事仲裁法要从我国相关的立法与实践出发，运用综合的和比较的方法，对国际商事仲裁中所涉及的重大理论与实践问题，进行深入的比较研究。
Questions and Comments
1. Arbitration refers to as a means for the settlement of dispute by a third person
upon the arbitration agreement between the parties. It differentiates from both ADR and litigation in a national court. While ADR is also a voluntary method for the settlement of dispute, but the agreement reached between the parties by ADR can not be enforced as judgment, but a contract. On the other hand, the award made by the arbitration tribunal based on arbitration agreement could be enforced by the national court due to domestic law and New York Conventions. 2. When the parties in international business transactions came across a dispute, what methods they may turn to? Why?
3. What is ADR refers to? Do you think arbitration is included or excluded
arbitration, Why?
4. What are the main function of New York Convention and UNCITRAL Model Law? 5. What are the basic principles for international commercial arbitration? What
is the basic requirement for the parties to choose the settlement of their dispute by arbitration? Could you name some differences between arbitration and other means settlement of disputes? 6. What value the arbitration pursue to: justice , efficiency, economy, or something else? Why international businessmen prefer to settle their disputes by
international arbitration instead of litigation in the national courts? 7. How the Chinese law regulates arbitration involving foreign elements?
CHAPTER 2 INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION INSTITUTIONS
第二章 国际商事仲裁机构
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本章的教学目的是要求学生理解并掌握临时仲裁机构与常设仲裁机构之间的区别、常设仲裁机构在通过仲裁解决争议中的作用、主要的国际商事仲裁机构，以及我国现行国际仲裁制度、仲裁委员会及其作用。
Key Issues
● Relations and difference between ad hoc and institutional arbitration ● Functions of international permanent arbitration institution
● Main international commercial arbitration institutions in the world ● International commercial arbitration institutions in China
Section 1 General Introduction
Ad hoc v. Inst’l Arbitration: basic distinction between the ad hoc and institutional arbitration
as followings: --Business place
--Administration staff --Rules of arbitration --Panel list
Permanent arbitration institutions
set in the State: CIETAC, AAA, SCC, SIAC, LCIA…… set by international conventions: ICSID
Section 2 Functions of Institutional Arbitration
Draft arbitration rules & supervision on the application of the Rules
Administration works Maintain panel list
Preliminary decision on the jurisdiction
Assistance to the composition of the arbitration tribunal Appointment or withdraw of the appointment of the arbitrator
Main Arbitration Institutions in the World -- American Arbitration Association (AAA) -- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
-- Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC) -- China International Economic & Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) -- Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) -- American Arbitration Association (AAA) Section 3 Legislation and Practices in the PRC
Provisions of the Arbitration Law on the Arbitration Institution
Arbitration Commission（Art.10-13）
Arbitration agreement must include the definite arbitration institution (Art.16)
Supplementary agreement needed if no arbitration institution in the agreement, otherwise invalid(Art.18）
CIETAC (China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission) is the major arbitration institution to deal with international arbitration cases. It was set up in 1954 as the name of Foreign Trade Arbitration Commission (FTAC). With the open door policy in 1978, FTAC changed its name as Foreign Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (FETAC) in 1980 and CIETAC 1988. In addition, it has two braches : CIETAC South China Sub-Commission (Shenzhen Branch) and CIETAC Shanghai Sub-Commission.