HERBST- TRIMESTER 2013 - Bucerius Law School

BUCERIUS/WHU MASTER OF LAW AND BUSINESS
JOACHIM HERZ PROGRAM COURSES
BUCERIUS/WHU MASTER OF LAW AND BUSINESS
JOACHIM HERZ PROGRAM COURSES
International Commercial Arbitration I
International Litigation I
Professor Clifford Larsen
Content: In the past 25 years, international
arbitration has become a major method
of international dispute resolution. Despite
this popularity, many lawyers and businesspeople
remain unclear as to exactly
what international arbitration is and how
it differs from court-based litigation. The
International Arbitration I course examines
a number of major topics in the field, including
the nature of arbitration, its strengths
and weaknesses, the validity and reach of
international arbitration agreements, the
role of international arbitral institutions, ad
hoc arbitration, and transborder arbitration
regimes.
Credits: 2 ECTS
Open to: MLB students
Location: 0.01 Hogan Lovells Lecture Room
Professor Clifford Larsen,
Professor Dr. Stefan Kröll
Content: In a great majority of international
business transactions, parties perform
successfully the agreements they have
made through contract. However, when
difficulties arise, contract parties – as well
as parties to non-contractual international
claims – often seek redress through national
courts. The International Litigation I
course addresses the sources of international
litigation law and its basic principles in
Europe and the United States. The course
focuses on the question of which court has
jurisdiction to hear a case, i.e., on jurisdiction
to prescribe, as well as on personal and
subject-matter jurisdiction. Special attention
is given to tools employed in international
litigation to either regulate jurisdiction
in advance (forum selection clauses) or to
avoid having to litigate before an „unfavourable“
court (antisuit injunctions, claims for
a declaration of non-liability).
Credits: 2 ECTS
Open to: MLB students
Location: 0.01 Hogan Lovells Lecture Room
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