ITALY 17
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, P. Sanders (ed.), Vol. III (1978)
Jurisdiction
Italy
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Full text decision ITALY 17
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Summary
Italy 17. Corte di Cassazione, Plenary session, 25 May 1976
Related topics
112
Retroactivity
The court discusses whether the Convention may be applied retroactively and, if so, as of when: e.g., with the conclusion of the arbitration agreement, the commencement of arbitration, the rendition of the award.
203-204
Formal validity, uniform law and municipal law
210
Articles 1341 and 1342 Italian Civil Code
The court discusses these Articles, which require a specific, separate signature for (domestic) arbitration agreements.
214-216
Field of application
705
Relationship with Geneva Treaties of 1923 and 1927
The court discusses the relationship between the New York Convention, the Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses of 1923, and the Geneva Convention on the Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1927.