Arbitration Law of Austria: Practice and Procedure

Price: $160.00 1050 pages. 1 Hardcover Volume. Index. List of Authorities. Appendices. Published March 2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-933833-07-1 / ISBN-10: 1933833076

Arbitration Law of Austria: Practice and Procedure $160.00

• Book Overview
• Table of Contents
• Chapters

Preface

About the Authors

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1  Commentary on Sections 577 to 618 Austrian Code of Civil Procedure

Chapter 2  Commentary on the "Vienna Rules"

Chapter 3 Special Topics 
3.1 Confidentiality in Arbitration
3.2 Arbitration Agreement and Third Parties
    (i) The Separability Doctrine - Autonomy or Dependency from Main Contract
    (ii) Legal Nature of the Arbitration Agreement
    (iii) Writing Requirement
        (1) Universal Successors
        (2) Singular Successors (especially assignment of claims)
        (3) Other Third Parties
        (4) Group of Companies and Groups of Contracts
3.3 Arbitrators' Liability
    1. Introduction
    2. Applicable Law
    3. Procedural Remedies
    4. Extent of Liability
    5. Arbitrator's Contract
    6. Requirements for Liability
      6.1 Case Law
      6.2 Legal Literature
      6.3 Extensive Interpretation of Sec 594 (4)
      6.4 Standard of Care
    7. Conclusion
3.4 Enforcement and Recognition of Arbitral Awards
    1. Introduction
    2. Domestic versus Foreign
    3. Level of Scrutiny
    4. Domestic Arbitral Awards
      4.1 General
      4.2 Confirmation of Enforceability
      4.3 No Leave for Enforcement
      4.4 Potential Remedies against Court Order Granting Enforcement
      4.5 Consideration of Grounds of Setting Aside in Other Proceedings
    5. Foreign Arbitral Awards
      5.1 General
      5.2 Multilateral Treaties / New York Convention
      5.3 Leave for Enforcement and Enforcement Authorization
      5.4 Austrian Case Law
    6. Jurisdiction
      6.1 Foreign Arbitral Awards
      6.2 Domestic Arbitral Awards
3.5 Arbitration and Bankruptcy
    1. Introduction
    2. Austrian Bankruptcy Law
    3. Effects of Bankruptcy on Arbitration Agreements
      3.1 General
      3.2 Cases of Impecuniosity as a Consequence of Bankruptcy
    4. Effects of Bankruptcy on Pending Arbitral Proceedings
      4.1 Automatic Stay of Arbitral Proceedings
      4.2 Trustee Instead of Debtor
    5. Arbitrability of Bankruptcy Matters and Claims
    6. Is the Trustee Bound by "Pre-Bankruptcy" Arbitration Agreements?
      6.1 General
      6.2 Outstanding, Secured, Preferred and Asset Claims
      6.3 Challenge Claims on Behalf of the Estate
      6.4 Unsecured Claims

Chapter 4  Compendium of Case Law
4.1 Austrian Court Decisions
4.2 German Court Decisions

Chapter 5  Attachments
5.1 Austrian Arbitration Act (English Version)
5.2 Official Comment to the Austrian Arbitration Act (English version)
5.3 Austrian Arbitration Act prior to 1 July 2006 (English Version)
5.4 Synopsis on the Austrian Arbitration Act, the German Arbitration Act and the UNCITRAL Model Law
5.5 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration of 1985
5.6 German Arbitration Act (English Version)
5.7 Vienna Rules (English Version)
5.8 Bilateral Investment Treaties (concluded by Austria)
5.9 List of Authorities

Index