Willem Cornelis Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
What is the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot?
The Moot was established to educate law students world-wide on international sales law and international arbitration. Under the twenty-year leadership of Pace Professor Emeritus Eric Bergsten, it has grown into a prominent educational and professional event, attracting nearly 300 teams from approximately sixty countries, as well as hundreds of professionals -- academics, arbitrators, and practitioners.
Links
- Homepage of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vienna)
- Homepage of the Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Hongkong)
Links to important institutions and databases of international commercial law and arbitration law
- UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law)
- CLOUT (Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts)
- International Bar Association(IBA)
- Institute of the Pace International Commercial Law Library (Albert H. Kritzer CISG database)
- Trans-Lex Law Research
Materials concerning international commercial law
- UN-Kaufrecht/CISG (United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods) (1980)
- Convention on the Limitation Period in the International Sale of Goods (1974)
- UNCITRAL Legal Guide on International Countertrade Transactions (1992)
- Uniform Rules on Contract Clauses for an Agreed Sum due upon Failure of Performance (1983)
Materials concerning arbitration law
- New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (1958)
- UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration (1985)
- UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (1976)
- UNCITRAL Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings (1996)
- Recommendations to assist arbitral institutions and other interested bodies with regard to arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (1982)
- UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules (1980)
Guidelines and Rules of the International Bar Association (IBA)
- IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration
- IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
- IBA Guidelines for Drafting International Arbitration Clauses
- IBA Principles on Conduct for the Legal Profession (2011)
- IBA International Code of Ethics (1954, this version 1988) (Superseded by IBA Principles on Conduct for the Legal Profession 2011 — see above)
- IBA Rules of Ethics for International Arbitrators
- Other free materials