030508 VO Colloquium: Public Interest in Arbitration (2017S)

The lecture will explore the public interest implications in public-private arbitrations, i.e. arbitrations involving public entities in public contracts. The lecture compares the legal framework for public-private arbitrations in different jurisdictions, focusing on English arbitration law, which (as the lecture will argue) is based on a private law paradigm which lacks public law safeguards, and is thus inadequate to protect public interest.