I. INTRODUCTION: ARBITRATION N UKRAINE – HISTORY AND INFRASTRUCTURE A. History and Current Legislation on Arbitration 1. Historical evolution of law relating to arbitration   2. Current law   a) Domestic arbitration law b) International arbitration law 3. Law reform projects   4. Confidentiality and publication of awards a) Privacy and proceedings b) Publication of awards B. Arbitration Infrastructure and Practice in Ukraine 1. Major arbitration institutions   2. Number of cases and other statistics   3. Development of arbitration compared with litigation     II. CURRENT LAW AND PRACTICE   A. Arbitration Agreement   1. Types and validity of agreement a) Clauses and submission agreements b) Minimum essential content c) Form requirements d) Incorporation by reference e) Interpretation 2. Enforcing arbitration agreements   a) Declaratory actions in court b) Applications to compel or stay arbitration 3. Effects on third parties a) Extension of the agreement over third parties 4. Termination and breach B. Doctrine of Separability   1. Statutory provisions   2. Practice and case law   C. Jurisdiction   1. Competence-competence   2. Interaction of national courts and tribunals  D. Arbitrability   1. Applicable law 2. Subjective arbitrability   a) Natural persons b) Legal persons c) States and state entities 3. Objective arbitrability   a) Examples of restrictions to objective arbitrability at law E. Arbitral Tribunal 1. Status and qualifications of arbitrators   a) Number of arbitrators b) Legal status c) Qualifications and accreditation requirements 2. Appointment of arbitrators   a) Methods of appointment b) Appointing authorities c) Payment agreements d) Resignation and its consequences 3. Challenge and removal   a) Grounds for challenge b) Procedure for challenge c) Replacement of arbitrators 4. Arbitrator liability and immunity   F. Conducting the Arbitration   1. Law governing procedure a) Notion and role of the seat of arbitration b) Methods for selection of seat absent party choice 2. Conduct of arbitration a) Basic procedural principles b) Party autonomy and arbitrators’ power to determine procedure c) Style and characteristics of the oral hearing d) Documents only arbitrations e) Submissions and notifications f) Deadlines and methods for their extension g) Legal representation h) Default proceedings 3. Taking of evidence   a) Admissibility b) Burden of proof c) Standards of proof d) Documentary evidence and privilege e) Production of documents f) Witnesses g) Tribunal-appointed experts h) Party-appointed experts i) Other expert related issues 4. Interim measures of protection a) Jurisdiction for granting interim measures b) Availability of preliminary or ex parte orders c) Types of measures d) Enforcement mechanisms 5. Interaction between national courts and tribunals 6. Multiparty, multi-action and multi-contract arbitration   7. Law and rules of law applicable to the merits a) Party autonomy b) Determination by arbitrators c) Non-national substantive rules, general principles of law and transnational rules 8. Costs a) Arbitration costs b) Legal costs G. Arbitration Award 1. Types of award   a) Partial awards b) Final awards c) Interim awards d) Consent awards e) Default awards f) Awards and other decisions 2. Form requirements   a) Essential content b) Reasons c) Time limits for making award d) Notification to parties and registration 3. Decision making a) Deliberations b) Majority or consensus? c) Dissenting and concurring opinions d) Signature 4. Settlement a) Settlement recorded in an award b) Settlement without an award 5. Correction, supplementation and amendment   a) Correcting the award b) Additional award c) Interpretation of award H. Challenge and Other Actions against the Award 1. Setting aside   a) Grounds b) Time limits c) Procedure d) Limiting judicial review of awards by contract e) Effects of successful challenge 2. Appeal on the merits   a) Is it allowed? b) Excluding the right to appeal by agreement   III. RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF AWARDS A. Domestic Awards B. Foreign Awards   1. Various regulatory regimes a) Domestic rules b) New York Convention c) Other international conventions 2. Application of New York Convention by local courts   IV. APPENDICES AND RELEVANT INSTRUMENTS A. National Legislation (See CD-ROM) B. Major Arbitration Institutions   C. Cases  D. Bibliography