ADR World Observer > Essays > ADVANCEMENTS AND RETROGRESSIONS OF ARBITRATION IN ECUADOR
  Title: ADVANCEMENTS AND RETROGRESSIONS OF ARBITRATION IN ECUADOR
Date: 2010 / 02 / 11
Attributes:   English 0.14MB 0'2''
Author: Ramón
Jiménez-Carbo

jimenez.carbo@jctrabogados.com.ec
www.jctrabogados.com.ec
Nationality:
Ecuador
ICDR international Arbitrator; IACAC international Arbitrator; former member of the ICC Court of International Arbitration; former Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce arbitrator;former Supreme Court Civil and Commercial Chief Justice; former State Attorney General of Ecuador; former Dean and Professor of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil School of Law; Partner of the LawFirm of JIMÉNEZ-CARBO TORBAY RODRÍGUEZ & ASSOCIATES, in charge of arbitration and international cases.
Abstract:  
The essay describes the constitutional and legal developments of Arbitration in Ecuador, from the beginning of the XX century to the present, in a comparative study of the "civil" and "commercial" arbitration laws; with emphasis on the present status of international arbitration especially from the Public Secctor's and the private entrepreneurs standpoint; and proposes legal reforms in order to pave the way to a more efficient arbitration practice.