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Accetto, Matej
The Past and Possible Futures of European Union Judicature

Matej Accetto studied law at the University of Ljubljana, taking his LL.B. in 2000; he then received an LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2001 and a Doctorate in Law from the University of Ljubljana in 2006, where he is Assistant Professor (Docent) of European Law. His other relevant positions and affiliations include a stage at the Court of Justice of the European Union (2003), the Lord Slynn of Hadley European Law Foundation Fellowship (2003–04) and the post-doctoral Monica Partridge Visiting Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College (2006).

e-mail: matej.accetto@pf.uni-lj.si

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Banaszak, Bogusław
Regulatory Framework and Characteristics of Arbitration Judicature in Poland

Prof. dr hab. dr h.c. Bogusław Banaszak: Professor of Legal Sciences, Professor honoris causa of three Universities, expert in constitutional law; is Head of the Constitutional Law Chair at the University of Wrocław. Prof. B. Banaszak used to be the President of the Polish Legislative Council by the Prime Minister (2006-2010). He is also a member of European Academy of Science, Art and Literature (Paris). Prof. Banaszak has written over 300 publications, including 20 in English and 50 in German, including two highly regarded books on Polish Constitutional Law and International Encyclopedias of Law (Kluwers 2005). He is on the editorial board of several scholarly journals and has given over 60 lectures throughout Europe, Latin- and North America.

e-mail: kaprakon@prawo.uni.wroc.pl

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Bělohlávek, Alexander J.
Arbitration from Perspective of Right to Legal Protection and Right to Court Proceedings (the Right to Have One’s Case Dealt with by a Court): Significance of Autonomy and Scope of Right to Fair Trial

Univ. Professor, Dr.iur., Mgr., Dipl. Ing. oec/MB, Dr.h.c. Lawyer admitted and practising in Prague/CZE (Branch N.J./US), Senior Partner of the Law Offices Bělohlávek, Dept. of Law, Faculty of Economics, Ostrava, CZE, Dept. of Int. and European Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, CZE (visiting), Chairman of the Commission on Arbitration ICC National Committee CZE, Arbitrator in Prague, Vienna, Kiev etc. Member of ASA, DIS, Austrian Arb. Association. The President of the WJA – the World Jurist Association, Washington D.C./USA.

e-mail: office@ablegal.cz

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Damjan, Matija
Arbitral Interim Measures and the Right to Be Heard

Matija Damjan, Ph.D. is a research fellow at the Institute for Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. In his research, he primarily focuses on the areas of private and commercial law. He was a member of the expert group that prepared the draft Slovenian Arbitration Act, enacted in 2008.

e-mail: matija.damjan@pf.uni-lj.si

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Guglya, Leonila
Conflicts of Interest in Arbitration: The News from the Russian Federation

Leonila Guglya is a Research Associate in the Multidisciplinary International Investment Arbitration Project, conducted by the Department of International Private Law of the University of Geneva Law School. She holds an S.J.D. (Doctor of Juridical Science) degree from Central European University (Budapest, Hungary); a MIS degree in International Dispute Settlement from the Geneve Master in International Dispute Settlement Program (Geneva, Switzerland); an LL.M. degree in International Business Law from Central European University; as well as degrees of Specialist in Law and Bachelor in Law from the University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” (Kyiv, Ukraine).

e-mail: leonila.guglya.alumni@mids.ch

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Hučková, Regina
Reflections on Arbitration Proceedings: A Chance for Dispute Resolution Missed Forever?

JUDr. Regina Palková, PhD. is research associate at the Chair of Commercial Law and Economic Law of the Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. She completed her post-graduate studies in 2009 by successfully defending her dissertation on the topic: 'Arbitration procedures in commercial matters – the current state and proposals for future legal development'. Her research work continues to address issues in the realm of arbitration as well as out-of-court dispute resolution in a more general context. She manages the grant project "Out-of-court (alternative) dispute resolution in Slovakia".

e-mail: regina.palkova@upjs.sk

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Khvalei, Vladimir
Constitutional Grounds for Arbitration and Arbitrability of Disputes in Russia and Other CIS Countries

Vladimir Khvalei, MCIArb, is a partner in the Moscow office of Baker & McKenzie and heads the firm’s CIS Dispute Resolution Practice Group. Mr. Khvalei is Vice-President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, chairs the Arbitration Commission of ICC Russia and is also included on the list of arbitrators of the arbitration institutions in Austria, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

e-mail: vladimir.khvalei@bakermckenzie.com

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Klíma, Karel
Constitutional Environment and the Phenomenon of Arbitration

Prof. et Doc. JUDr. Karel Klíma, CSc., dr. hab. is a university professor specializing in constitutional law. He is the head of the Legal Specialisations and Public Administration at the Metropolitan University in Prague.

Long time member of the Council of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL), member of the Academy of Comparative Law, member of the World Jurist Association and its President of the Section of the Law Professors.

Email: advokatikhklima@gmail.com

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Koláčková, Jana
At the Edge of Justice: Arbitration in Unequal Relationships Th e Constitutional Limits of Arbitration

Mgr., Ph. D. student at Masaryk University Faculty of Law, Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science, Consultant at the Supreme Administrative Court; Former Deputy Minister for Human Rights and National Minorities and Director of Section of Human Rights of the Office of the Government.

e-mail: kolackova@nssoud.cz

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Meindl, Elisabeth
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Public Policy in International Arbitration Law

Collaborator at the Chair of Public Law/ Jean Monnet Chair (Researcher and Lecturer); 1st and 2nd State Exam in Law; work experience (traineeship) at Bavarian EU representation in Brussels; preparing a doctoral thesis on foreign relations of the German Federation member states; research fields: EU law, Public and Private International Law, Arbitration

e-mail: elisabeth.meindl@jura.uni-regensburg.de

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Rainer, Arnold
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Public Policy in International Arbitration Law

Full Professor at the University of Regensburg, Chair of Public Law, Comparative Law, EU Law and Economic Administrative Law, Jean Monnet Chair ad personam (Legal Relations of the EU with Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe), former Jean Monnet Chair of EU Law; for many years Visiting Professor at the Universities of Paris I and Paris II; various times Visiting Professor at the Universities of Strasbourg, Roma (La Sapienza), Bologna; Director of the German Law Studies at the Moscow State Lomonossov University; Director of the EU Law Centre at Bahcesehir University Istanbul; Corresponding Member of the Bologna Academy of Science; Honorary Member of the Russian and Slovenian Association of Constitutional Law

e-mail: rainer.arnold@jura.uni-regensburg.de

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Scherer, Matthias
ICSID Annulment Proceedings Based on Serious Departure from a Fundamental Rule of Procedure

Matthias Scherer, Partner, LALIVE (Geneva). The author wishes to thank Mr Guillaume Aréou and Mr George Walker, Legal Interns at LALIVE for their assistance with the preparation of the paper.

e-mail: mscherer@lalive.ch

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Schultz, Thomas
The Three Pursuits of Dispute Settlement

Senior Lecturer, University of Geneva, seconded in part to the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies; Executive Director, Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS); Managing Editor, Journal of International Dispute Settlement. An earlier version of this essay has been published as ‘Theoretical Musings on the Roles of Dispute Resolution Systems – With Special Consideration of Online Dispute Resolution’, in ADR IN BUSINESS (A. Ingen-Housz, ed, 2010). Research supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

e-mail:thomas.schultz@graduateinstitute.ch

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Simon, Pavel
At the Edge of Justice: Arbitration in Unequal Relationships Th e Constitutional Limits of Arbitration

JUDr., Judge of District Court of Cheb, currently assigned to the Czech Supreme Court Author of commentary on European International Civil Procedure Law in Drápal, Bureš a kol.: Občanský soudní řád. Komentář

e-mail: pavel.simon@nssoud.cz

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Slašťan, Miroslav
Acceptance of Human Rights and Constitutional Values in Reviews of Arbitral Awards by the Courts of the Slovak Republic

Is a university lecturer, currently leading the International and European Law Department at Law Faculty of Paneuropean University in Bratislava, Areas of specialization: European law and constitutional law. His recent research focuses on judicial protection of European Union Law before Court of Justice and national courts of EU member states.

e-mail: miroslavslastan@gmail.com

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Suchoža, Josef
Reflections on Arbitration Proceedings: A Chance for Dispute Resolution Missed Forever?

Prof. JUDr. Jozef Suchoža, DrSc. is a recognized authority in the field of commercial law. He is the author of several scholarly monographs and of a wealth of specialist articles and studies, and the co-author of the first comprehensive Slovak textbook on commercial law. He is a member of the Scientific Council at the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, and an international arbiter entered in the lists of arbiters of the Arbitration Court attached to the Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry and of the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic. He is currently acting as the project manager in charge for a project funded by the Slovak Research And Development Agency (APVV) which focuses on the issue of out-of-court dispute resolution in Slovakia (LPP-0076-09 – Out-of-court/alternative dispute resolution in Slovakia).

e-mail: regina.palkova@upjs.sk

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Żukowski, Łukasz
Regulatory Framework and Characteristics of Arbitration Judicature in Poland

Dr. Łukasz Żukowski was born in Wrocław in 1975. He completed his MA studies at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław in 1999. He is currently employed as Assistant Professor at the Chair of Constitutional Law at the University of Wrocław. Dr. Żukowski is the author of articles concerning Polish constitutional law and human rights. His main area of interest is the constitutional regulation of public funds. His dissertation was devoted to the issue of the Polish central bank’s position under constitutional law in the context of Poland’s accession to the eurozone.

e-mail: lzukowski1@wp.pl

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