Product Description: Eleven teams of student participants attended the first Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot in 1993/1994. Twenty years later, 290 teams from 67 countries, plus a huge number of coaches and arbitrators, gather in what is now considered one of the largest international arbitration events in the world...read more

In 1993/1994, eleven teams of student participants attended the first Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot. Twenty years later, 290 teams from 67 countries, plus a huge number of coaches and arbitrators, gathered in what is now considered one of the largest international arbitration events in the world. The cases dealt with are based on an international sales transaction governed by the UN's Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), including procedural issues of arbitration. This book is meant for future participants of the Vis Moot. It will provide the reader with step-by-step practical advice in order to maximize his or her Vis Moot experience. It explains registration and offers tips on finding a team, analyzing the case, writing memoranda, presenting the case in the oral pleadings, and organizing the trips to Vienna or Hong Kong. Any student contemplating to take part in the so-called 'Moot Experience' will find the book's information necessary to make the Vis Moot a real lifetime experience. [Subject: Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial Law, Public International Law]