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Tenth Annual WILLEM C. VIS (EAST) INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION MOOT Hong Kong SAR September 2012 - March 2013 Oral Arguments 11 to 17th March 2013 th THE RULES
Organized by: The Vis East Moot Foundation Limited
INTRODUCTION
I. The Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot 1. The Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot is an annual competition of teams representing law schools throughout the world (the "Moot"). In the Ninth Annual Moot in 2011-2012, over 750 students from 90 law school teams from 26 different countries participated. The Vis East Moot was judged by 280 lawyers and professors from around the world. 2. Goals. The Moot is intended to stimulate the study of international commercial law, especially the legal texts prepared by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the use of international commercial arbitration to resolve international commercial disputes. The international nature of the Moot is intended to lead participants to interpret the texts of international commercial law in the light of different legal systems and to develop an expertise in advocating a position before an arbitral panel composed of arbitrators from different legal systems. An active social program at the time of the oral hearings in Hong Kong promotes friendships that can last long after the Moot itself is over. 3. The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot is designed as a multi-faceted educational program in the form of a competition. It is not intended to be a competition with incidental educational benefits. The rules and procedures in the Moot should be interpreted in the light of that goal.
II. Organization of the Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot 4. Organizer, Co-sponsors, Supporters. The Moot is organized by the Vis East Moot Foundation Limited, co-sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators East Asia Branch, and hosted
Organized by: The Vis East Moot Foundation Limited
INTRODUCTION
I. The Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot 1. The Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot is an annual competition of teams representing law schools throughout the world (the "Moot"). In the Ninth Annual Moot in 2011-2012, over 750 students from 90 law school teams from 26 different countries participated. The Vis East Moot was judged by 280 lawyers and professors from around the world. 2. Goals. The Moot is intended to stimulate the study of international commercial law, especially the legal texts prepared by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the use of international commercial arbitration to resolve international commercial disputes. The international nature of the Moot is intended to lead participants to interpret the texts of international commercial law in the light of different legal systems and to develop an expertise in advocating a position before an arbitral panel composed of arbitrators from different legal systems. An active social program at the time of the oral hearings in Hong Kong promotes friendships that can last long after the Moot itself is over. 3. The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot is designed as a multi-faceted educational program in the form of a competition. It is not intended to be a competition with incidental educational benefits. The rules and procedures in the Moot should be interpreted in the light of that goal.
II. Organization of the Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot 4. Organizer, Co-sponsors, Supporters. The Moot is organized by the Vis East Moot Foundation Limited, co-sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators East Asia Branch, and hosted