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International Commercial Arbitration Law And Practice In Thailand, Parada Kaewparadai

SJD Dissertations

International Commercial Arbitration is one of the essential mechanisms that support and facilitate international trade transactions, especially when the parties are from different nations. Since it is an alternative dispute resolution that provides a final and binding award that is enforceable through the national courts mostly everywhere around the world, it becomes the most popular dispute resolution for international enterprises. Arbitration has been in existence in Thai Laws for centuries, but its role has been minimal as litigation is the primary adjudicate method of the country. However, in the past twenty years, arbitration has been developing rapidly since Alternative Dispute …

Arbitration In Saudi Arabia: The Reform Of Law And Practice, Saleh Mubarak Bin Abbadi

SJD Dissertations

Arbitration, as a modern Western form of dispute resolution, has become an important feature of international commercial transactions and contracts. Saudi Arabia ratified the New York Convention and enacted a new Law of Arbitration in 2012. This dissertation evaluates arbitration in Saudi Arabia, focusing on the adoption of international standards in relevant local laws and court practices. The dissertation also considers the weight of Saudi laws, traditions, and social values to gauge the extent to which arbitration as practiced can be integrated into the Saudi legal system.

The dissertation highlights the necessity of cultivating a supportive environment for arbitration in …

The Evolving Korean Statutory Law On Arbitration, Eunok Park

SJD Dissertations

The Republic of Korea (Korea) is one of the countries the economy of which has developed rapidly over the past four decades. According to the World Bank, in 2016, Korea had the world’s eleventh-largest economy and was in eighth place in the world for trade. Considering its land mass, population, and natural resources, it is amazing how fast and big the Korean economy has developed. In the 1980s, Korea was known as one of the “Asian Dragons” along with Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. All these countries were believed to have great economic potential and the possibility for development. Among …

Arbitration Of Intra-Corporate Disputes In Turkish Law, Aysel Cetinkaya Uyar

SJD Dissertations

Arbitrability establishes the essential boundary between the regulatory authority of the legal system and the contractual process of arbitration. Arbitrability may overlap with public policy and other vital concerns of national legal systems. Today's legal systems may clearly maintain the scope of their authority and resist acquiescing to the trend toward universal arbitrability. States may, in fact, choose to prioritize their sovereignty over other principles of law such as freedom of contract in some certain circumstances. Protecting and maintaining the legal apparatus supporting the social, political, and economic order of the State may require such an approach. Certain areas of …

Corruption In International Arbitration, Inan Uluc

SJD Dissertations

Corruption represents a great menace to national and international development. It jeopardizes democracy, human rights, and social justice. Consequently, corruption is vehemently abhorred and denunciated by members of the international arbitration arena. Unfortunately, while these players purport repugnance towards corruption and do not condone corrupt acts, there has arisen a misplaced distrust of arbitral process as a proper dispute resolution system. Further, when amalgamating the inherent opaqueness of the arbitral process, its structure founded upon party autonomy, and the clear lack of authority for arbitrators to compel evidence, such distrust persists and encourages belief that arbitration is a venue where …