ITALY 35
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, P. Sanders (ed.), Vol. V (1980)
Jurisdiction
Italy
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Full text decision ITALY 35
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Summary
Italy 35. Corte di Cassazione, Plenary Session, 18 May 1978
Related topics
205
Signatures
The court discusses the first alternative requirement of Art. II(2) that the arbitral award is “signed by the parties”.
210
Articles 1341 and 1342 Italian Civil Code
The court discusses these Articles, which require a specific, separate signature for (domestic) arbitration agreements.
212
Agent/broker, etc.
The court discusses issues specific to an arbitration agreement concluded through an agent or broker, e.g., whether the authorization to conclude it must also be in writing.
704
European Convention of 1961
More-favorable right provision: The court discusses the application of the 1961 European Convention together with the New York Convention, and the relationship between the two treaties.