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The intensive courses provide an opportunity to delve into the details of the topics addressed briefly during the general courses, to focus on a specialized dispute settlement mechanism, to study a specific issue which arises in different dispute settlement settings, or to reflect on matters of legal theory or philosophical aspects of dispute settlement. Such courses will in principle consist of nine hours of class taught over two or three days. Student pick eight of the following courses.



Archive Intensive Courses

See intensive courses for 2011-2012 and 2010-2011



2009-2010 Intensive courses:

1. Investment Arbitration

Prof. Jan Paulsson, Head of the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; President of the LCIA; President of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal; Professor at the University of Dundee

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2. Negotiation

Prof. Robert Mnookin, Professor at Harvard Law School; Director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project and Chair of the Program on Negotiation

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3. Arbitration in the United States

Prof. William Park, Professor of Law at Boston University; Vice-President of the London Court of International Arbitration

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4. WTO Dispute Settlement

Prof. Gabrielle Marceau, Counselor to the Cabinet of the Director-General of the WTO; Associate Professor of Law at Geneva University

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5. ICC Arbitration

Prof. Pierre Tercier, Honorary Chairman of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Honorary Professor at the University of Fribourg

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6. Jurisdictional Immunities

Prof. Andrea Bianchi, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and at Catholic University Law School in Milan

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7. The Metamorphosis of the International Judicial Functions

Prof. Georges Abi-Saab, Honorary Professor of the Graduate Institute; Member of the Institute of International Law; former Judge on the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY-ICTR; former Member of the Appellate Body of the WTO; former judge ad hoc on the ICJ

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8. Contrats d’Etat

Prof. Jean-Michel Jacquet, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Director of Le Journal du droit international

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9. The New York Convention of 1958

Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg, Professor of Law at Erasmus University, Rotterdam; Partner in Hanotiau & van den Berg; General Editor, Yearbook Commercial Arbitration

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10. Arbitration and Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes at WIPO

Erik Wilbers, Director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization

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11. Philosophical Aspects of Dispute Settlement: An Introduction

Dr. Thomas Schultz, Senior Lecturer (Maître d'enseignement et de recherche) at Geneva University Law School

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12. Sports Arbitration

Dr. Antonio Rigozzi, Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel

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2008-2009 Intensive courses:

1. ICSID Arbitration

Prof. Emmanuel Gaillard, Professor of Law at the University of Paris XII; Chair of Shearman & Sterling’s international arbitration practice; Chair of the International Arbitration Institute

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2. Negotiation

Prof. Robert Mnookin, Professor at Harvard Law School; Director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project and Chair of the Program on Negotiation

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3. Arbitration in the United States

Prof. William Park, Professor of Law at Boston University; Vice-President of the London Court of International Arbitration

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4. WTO Dispute Settlement

Prof. Gabrielle Marceau, Counselor to the Cabinet of the Director-General of the WTO; Associate Professor of Law at Geneva University

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5. ICC Arbitration

Prof. Pierre Tercier, Honorary Chairman of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Honorary Professor at the University of Fribourg

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6. Jurisdictional Immunities

Prof. Andrea Bianchi, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and at Catholic University Law School in Milan

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7. The Concept of Due Process in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights

Lucius Caflisch, Honorary Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; former judge at the European Court of Human Rights; member of the International Law Commission

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8. Contrats d’Etat

Prof. Jean-Michel Jacquet, Professor of Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Director of Le Journal du droit international

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9. Arbitration in China

Prof. Lu Song, Associate Professor at China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing

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10. Arbitration and Mediation of Intellectual Property Disputes at WIPO

Erik Wilbers, Director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization

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11. Philosophical Aspects of Dispute Settlement: An Introduction

Dr. Thomas Schultz, Senior Lecturer (Maître d'enseignement et de recherche) at Geneva University Law School

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12. Sports Arbitration

Dr. Antonio Rigozzi, Lecturer at the University of Neuchâtel

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