@article{21506,
      recid = {21506},
      author = {Cotran, Eugene, and Amissah, Austin,},
      title = {Arbitration in Africa /},
      pages = {xxiv, 467 pages ;},
      note = {Contents : Part 1. General : Introduction : 1.  International and national legal developments : 1. The  background; 2. International developments; 3. Reforms of  national laws; 4. The UK; 5. The future for Africa; 2.  Arbitral institutions, etc.; 1. Locations; 2. Institutions;  3. ADR; 4. Other activities; 3. The proper conduct of  modern international arbitrations and the LCIA rules : 1.  Comparisons with litigation; 2. The procedural  jurisprudence of arbitrations; 3. The LCIA rules and  practices; 4. PAULSSON, Jan. Accepting international  arbitration in fact and not only in words : 1. Introduction  : Six essential theoretical achievements : 1. The validity  of pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate; 2. The validity of  future designations of arbitrators; 3. Arbitrator's rights  to rule on jurisdictional challenges; 4. The severability  of arbitration clauses; 5. No appeal against the merits of  the arbitrational award; 6. Upholding the validity of  arbitrations conducted abroad; 2. Advances in practice : 1.  Good-faith application of the New York Convention; 2.  Acceptance of foreign arbitrators; 3. Cost of court cases  related to arbitration; Part 2. Commonwealth African  countries : A. East Africa : 5. Kenya; 6. Uganda; 7.  Tanzania; B. West Africa : 8. Nigeria; 9. Ghana; 10. The  Gambia; 11. Sierre Leone; C. Central Africa : 12. Zimbabwe;  13. Malawi; 14. Zambia; D. Southern Africa : 15. Southern  Africa (including South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho,  Swaziland and Namibia); Part 3. Arab North Africa : 16.  Arab North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and  Tunisia) : Part 4. Francophone Africa : 17. Former French  territories (Benin, Borkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African  Republic, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory  Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo)  : Introduction : 1. The background of African legal systems  in the colonial period; 2. The current situation of  arbitration legislation in Francophone Africa; 18. Former  Belgian territories (Burundi, Rwanda, Zai?re) :  Introduction : 1. General remarks; 2. The arbitration  agreement; 3. Arbitration institutions and procedure; 4.  The arbitral award; Appendix 1. Laws of African countries  which have adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law : Nigeria;  Tunisia; Egypt; Kenya; Zimbabwe; Appendix 2. List of  African countries which have signed or ratified the New  York Convention of 1958 (NY), the Convention on the  settlement of investments disputes of 1965 (ICSID) and the  Convention establishing the Multilateral Investment  Guarantee Agency of 1985 (MIGA);.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/21506},
}