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An Introduction to Commercial Arbitration

From: A Practitioner's Guide to Commercial Arbitration

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Arbitration is set within the larger dispute resolution system and its own legal framework. Some foundational theories are discussed, as well as the processes that come into play during arbitration.

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Anthony Daimsis

Professor Anthony Daimsis has been teaching at the University of Ottawa since 2003 and is the director of the bijural (common law and civil law) National Program. He teaches contract and tort law, international sales law, international commercial arbitration, and legal writing. In addition to his teaching at the law faculty, he works with the National Judicial Institute, a not-for-profit institution committed to building better justice through leadership in the education of judges in Canada and internationally. He is the lead instructor for the Professional Certificate in International Arbitration and is a member of the Ontario bar. Before teaching at the university, Professor Daimsis worked as an associate at an international law firm in Austria. His work focused on foreign investment disputes, telecommunications, and underground resources in addition to a number of international commercial contract and construction disputes resolved under the auspices of the World Bank Group (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes) and various other international commercial arbitration institutions. He is frequently approached to serve as an arbitrator in domestic and international commercial disputes. He is also a sought-after speaker on international arbitration, international sales law, and foreign direct investment and has given talks in the United States, England, Sweden, Austria, Iran, and Myanmar, to name a few, in addition to advising Southeast Asian governments on their foreign direct investment policies.

Marina Pavlović is an assistant professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law — Common Law Section, where she is a member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society and the coordinator of the option in Dispute Resolution and Professionalism. Her teaching and research are in the areas of dispute resolution, access to justice, private international law, consumer protection, and technology policy. She holds a law degree from the University of Belgrade in Serbia and a master of laws in Law and Technology from the University of Ottawa, and she has been called to the Ontario bar.