This thesis deals with the UNCITRAL Model Law, its general purpose and history, with
the current situation and regulation of international commercial arbitration in Germany, with an
examination of Canada's experiences with the Model Law and its acceptance by the Canadian
Courts. It also deals with the question whether the Model Law really is an ideal arbitration law,
and the thesis concludes with an evaluation of British Columbia's experiences and a strong
recommendation to the German legislature to implement the UNCITRAL Model Law into the
German statutes as soon as possible. The final chapter of this thesis contains a suggested
English version of the new German International Commercial Arbitration Act. As an appendix,
I have provided the texts of the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Act and
the UNCITRAL Model Law.
The intention of my thesis is to examine how Canada, and its province British Columbia
in particular, have implemented the UNCITRAL Model Law. In this context, the analysis
emphasizes on the modifications of the original Model Law made by the British Columbia
legislature, the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Act of 1986, this Act's
acceptance by the Courts of British Columbia, the acceptance of the Model Law by Canadian
Courts in general, the improvements in the area of international commercial arbitration in
Canada since 1986, and the B.C. International Commercial Arbitration Centre.
There are two reasons for my investigation of the Canadian experience. The first reason
is the fact that these Canadian experiences with the Model Law are of interest to the Federal
Republic of Germany, because Canada was the first country in the world to adopt the
UNCITRAL Model Law almost a decade ago, and the Federal Republic of Germany presently
is considering implementing the Model Law as well. Therefore, Canada, and British Columbia
in particular, can be exemplary models for Germany. The German adoption of the Model Law is another main issue of this thesis which deals with problems arising in Germany in connection
with the implementation.
My thesis is that the Federal Republic of Germany has to implement the UNCITRAL
Model Law as soon as possible. Some facts to be discussed and results of my research that
really support my thesis in this context are the goals of Germany concerning international
commercial arbitration, the positive experiences of Canadian jurisdictions with the Model Law,
the need for uniform commercial arbitration laws world-wide, and the warm reception of the
Model Law by most international businesses and the Canadian Courts.
In the discourse of my thesis, I basically try to prove four points, namely that the
implementation of the UNCITRAL Model Law in Canada and in its province British Columbia
has been a successful undertaking, that the Federal Republic of Germany also needs to
implement the Model Law, that there are no problems with the enactment of the Model Law
due to its international origin in Canada, and that there are not likely to be any problems in
Germany concerning this matter, either, and finally, that the BC-ICAA is the ideal and
ingenious continuation of the Model Law which can be recommended to the German
legislature, (a) with all its modifications made by the British Columbia legislature, and (b) with
certain other modifications that have to made for a country like Germany due to its
constitutional, economical and geographical situation. This thesis hence tries to elaborate the
ideal and perfect International Commercial Arbitration Act (or Law?) for Germany — thereby
relying on the experiences and modifications made by British Columbia.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/3816 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Mueller, Holger |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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