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Process & Industrial Developments Limited V. Nigeria: Exception Under The Fsia When Award Has Been Set Aside By A Court Of The Country “Under The Law Of Which” The Award Was Made, Ndifreke Uwem May 2019

Process & Industrial Developments Limited V. Nigeria: Exception Under The Fsia When Award Has Been Set Aside By A Court Of The Country “Under The Law Of Which” The Award Was Made, Ndifreke Uwem

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

In March 2018, Process & Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) filed a petition at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to confirm an arbitral award against the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The proceedings were conducted in three phases – jurisdictional, liability, and damages. The arbitration provision in the underlying contract hardly represented a model of clarity. It provided for the application of the Nigerian arbitration act to any dispute between the parties. On the other hand, it specified London as the “venue” of the proceedings. This posed a problem as to whether Nigeria was the juridical seat …


The Convergence Awakens: How Principles Of Proportionality And Calls For Cooperation Are Reshaping The E-Discovery Landscape, Tevor Gillum May 2016

The Convergence Awakens: How Principles Of Proportionality And Calls For Cooperation Are Reshaping The E-Discovery Landscape, Tevor Gillum

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Stop! In The Name Of Ethics, Before You Break My Bank Account: The "Conflicting" Rights Guaranteed To Parties In International Arbitration By Hrvatska V. Slovenia And Rompetrol V. Romania, And Their Potential As Tactical Weapons, Misbah Farid May 2013

Stop! In The Name Of Ethics, Before You Break My Bank Account: The "Conflicting" Rights Guaranteed To Parties In International Arbitration By Hrvatska V. Slovenia And Rompetrol V. Romania, And Their Potential As Tactical Weapons, Misbah Farid

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

International arbitration offers many rights, such as the right to counsel of choice and the right to an independent and impartial arbitration panel and proceeding. However, these guarantees, while they ensure the rights of parties and allow international arbitration to be a viable dispute resolution forum, can also be used as weapons. The viability of these rights as weapons is what reconciles the seemingly conflicting cases of Hrvatska v. Slovenia and Rompetrol v. Romania. Hrvatska sets forth an arbitration tribunal's inherent right to ensure and regulate the proceedings so as to guarantee the rights offered by international arbitration, while …


The Applicability Of Arbitration In The Americas: An Avant-Garde Approach To The Panama Convention, Elizabeth A. Briggs Jul 2012

The Applicability Of Arbitration In The Americas: An Avant-Garde Approach To The Panama Convention, Elizabeth A. Briggs

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Doctrinal Development In United States Arbitration: A Metamorphosis Of Paradigms Beyond Gregor Samsa's Imagination, Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga Oct 2007

Doctrinal Development In United States Arbitration: A Metamorphosis Of Paradigms Beyond Gregor Samsa's Imagination, Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Five Years Later: The Cms Award Placed In The Context Of The Argentine Financial Crisis And The Icsid Arbitration Boom, Harout Samra Apr 2007

Five Years Later: The Cms Award Placed In The Context Of The Argentine Financial Crisis And The Icsid Arbitration Boom, Harout Samra

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Sovereignty Of Aves Island: An Argument Against Compulsory, Standardized Arbitration Of Maritime Boundary Disputes Subject To Review By The International Court Of Justice, M. Scott Garrison Oct 2006

Sovereignty Of Aves Island: An Argument Against Compulsory, Standardized Arbitration Of Maritime Boundary Disputes Subject To Review By The International Court Of Justice, M. Scott Garrison

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Current Issues In The Enforcement Of International Arbitration Awards, Joseph E. Neuhaus Oct 2004

Current Issues In The Enforcement Of International Arbitration Awards, Joseph E. Neuhaus

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Recent Wave Of Arbitrations Against Argentina Under Bilateral Investment Treaties: Background And Principal Legal Issues, Paolo Di Rosa Oct 2004

The Recent Wave Of Arbitrations Against Argentina Under Bilateral Investment Treaties: Background And Principal Legal Issues, Paolo Di Rosa

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Clash And Convergence On Ethical Issues In International Arbitration, John M. Townsend Oct 2004

Clash And Convergence On Ethical Issues In International Arbitration, John M. Townsend

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Paris, The City Of Arbitration?, Pierre Bellet Jan 1991

Paris, The City Of Arbitration?, Pierre Bellet

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.


Proposed Florida International Arbitration Act, Carlos E. Loumiet, Juan T. O'Naghten, Alan C. Swan Apr 1985

Proposed Florida International Arbitration Act, Carlos E. Loumiet, Juan T. O'Naghten, Alan C. Swan

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Revisited, C. R. Norberg Jun 1975

Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Revisited, C. R. Norberg

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Inter-American Commercial Arbitration, C. R. Norberg Feb 1969

Inter-American Commercial Arbitration, C. R. Norberg

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.