INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ARBITRATION IN SWITZERLAND

VII Contents Preface................................................................................................................................... V Contents .............................................................................................................................VII Bibliography ..................................................................................................................XXXI Abbreviations ................................................................................................................. LVII Chapter 1 Introduction........................................................................................................1 § 1 Arbitration as a particular form of dispute resolution.............................................1 I. The concept of arbitration.............................................................................1 II. The sources of arbitration .............................................................................2 1. Priority of party autonomy .....................................................................3 2. Arbitration rules .....................................................................................3 3. National law ...........................................................................................4 4. Treaties ...................................................................................................6 III. Ad hoc v. institutional arbitration .................................................................6 1. Advantages and disadvantages ...............................................................7 2. Arbitral institutions and their sets of rules..............................................8 a. Swiss Rules of International Arbitration ..........................................8 b. ICC Arbitration Rules ......................................................................9 c. LCIA Arbitration Rules....................................................................9 d. WIPO Arbitration Rules...................................................................9 e. Code of Sports-related Arbitration .................................................10 f. UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules .......................................................10 g. Other arbitration rules ....................................................................11 IV. Types of arbitration.....................................................................................11 1. Commercial arbitration.........................................................................12 2. Investment (treaty) arbitration ..............................................................12 3. IP/IT-arbitration....................................................................................14 4. Dispute resolution between states.........................................................14