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International Commercial Arbitration
Last Updated Date:   4 July 2025


5 Units,  Semester 1

Course Description:
This course aims to equip students with the basic understanding of the law of arbitration to enable them to advise and represent parties in the arbitral process confidence. Legal concepts peculiar to arbitration viz. separability, arbitrability and kompetenze-kompetenze will be considered together with the procedural laws on the conduct of the arbitral process, the making of and the enforcement of awards. Students will examine the UNCITRAL Model Law and the New York Convention, 1958. This course is most suited for students with some knowledge of the law of commercial transactions, shipping, banking, international sale of goods or construction.

Course Convenor: A/P Gary F. Bell

Co-teacher(s): NA

Course Codes: LC5262AV

Contact Hours: Wk 1-6: Mon, 12pm -3pm & Wed, 9am - 12pm

Workload: 3 hours

Mode of Assessment: One Short Pass or Fail Written Assignment 10% (students can choose the course readings on which to write assignment and therefore the date of the assignment); Class Participation - 10% & 3-Hr Take Home Exam - 80%[Release: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 (9am); Due: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 (12pm)]

Preclusions: Not open to LLM (IBL) students who will be reading this course in Semester 2 at ECUPL (Shanghai).

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent.

Examination Date: Different Mode of Examination

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