UNCITRAL Model Law after Twenty-Five Years Global Perspectives on International Commercial Arbitration

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE EDITORS

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION

PART I: LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION

Chapter 1
Review of the Model Law's Implementation after Twenty-Five Years
Timothy Lemay and Corinne Montineri

Chapter 2
The Impact of the UNCITRAL Model Law on the Evolving Interpretation and Application of the 1958 New York Convention
Judith Freedberg

PART II: RECURRING ISSUES-PRE-AWARD

Chapter 3
The Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements under Article 8 of the Model Law
Lawrence Boo

Chapter 4
Direct Review of Arbitral Jurisdiction under the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: An Assessment of Article 16(3)
Simon Greenberg

Chapter 5 
Comments on Some Aspects of Chapter V: The Production of Documentary Evidence and Privilege
Jean-Gabriel Castel

PART III: RECURRING ISSUES-POST-AWARD

Chapter 6 
Exercising Discretion under Articles 34 and 36 of the Model Law: A Review of Practice
Amokura Kawharu

Chapter 7
The Public Policy Defence in the Model Law Jurisprudence: The ILA Report Revisited
Stefan Kröll

Chapter 8
Delocalization and Its Relevance in Post-award Review
Loukas Mistelis

PART IV: JUDICIAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL INTERPRETATION

Chapter 9 
The UNCITRAL Model Law and the Pro-arbitration Approach: Judicial Internationalism and International
Interpretation--The Singapore Experience
Quentin Loh

Chapter 10 
The Model Law after Twenty-Five Years: A German Judicial Perspective on International Interpretation
Michael Lorbacher

PART V: HARMONIZED INTERPRETATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE

Chapter 11
Judicial Internationalism and the Interpretation of the Model Law: Reflections on Some Aspects of Article 2A
Frédéric Bachand

Chapter 12 
The CLOUT System (Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts): An UNCITRAL Experience
Monica Canafoglia

Chapter 13 
From Harmonized Legislation to Harmonized Law: Hurdles and Tools, Judicial and Arbitral Perspectives
Fabien Gélinas

PART VI: LOOKING AHEAD AT THE NEXT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

Chapter 14 
An International Arbitrator’s Perspective on Future Reform
L. Yves Fortier and Stéphanie Bachand

APPENDIX 
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985, with Amendments as Adopted in 2006)

INDEX