Dr Sara Hourani

• Books:

  • Valladares L and Hourani S (eds), “Access to Justice in Arbitration: Concept, Context and Practice,” International Arbitration Law Library, Wolters Kluwer (November 2020).
  • Book Chapters:
  • Hourani S, “The Resolution of B2B Disputes in Blockchain-Based Arbitration: A Solution for Improving the Parties’ Right of Access to Justice in the Digital Age? in Valladares L and Hourani S (eds), Access to Justice in Arbitration: Concept, Context and Practice, International Arbitration Law Library, Wolters Kluwer (November 2020).
  • Hourani S, “Towards a Fairer Trading System for Micro and Small Businesses Post-Brexit? Comparative Aspects with Other Common Law Systems,” in Maren Heidemann and Joseph Lee (eds), The Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform: European and Comparative Perspectives, Springer, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95969-6_12.
  • Hourani S, “Le dilemme du financement par un tiers dans l'arbitrage d'investissement," Le nouveau droit de l’investissement en Tunisie: regards croises sur l’europe et l’afrique, Centre de Publication Universitaire, Tunis, 2018.
  • Farah Y and Hourani S, “Frustrated at the Interface between Court Litigation and Arbitration? Don’t Blame it on Brussels I! Finding Reason in the Decision of West Tankers, and the Recast Brussels I ” in Stone P. and Farah Y. (eds), A Research Handbook on EU Private International Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781954553.

• Journal Articles:

  • Farah Y. and Hourani S, “Recasting West Tankers in the Deep Water? Why Gazprom Cannot Withstand the Scrutiny of Recast Brussels I”, JPIL, Vol 14:1, pp 96-129, 2018, doi.org/10.1080/17441048.2018.1437333.
• • Other Articles:
  • Hourani S and Valladares L, “Keeping Up with Access to Justice in Arbitration? A Critical Analysis,” arbitrate.com, July 2020.
  • Hourani S, “Access to Justice and Blockchain-based Arbitration: New Platforms Could Be a Useful Tool for Resolving Commercial Disputes,” American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Magazine, Volume 26 Issue 2 (May 2020).
  • Hourani S, “The Legal Reality of the Recognition and Enforcement of Cross-Border Blockchain-based Arbitral Awards: Beyond Futuristic Idealism?,” (Off the Chain blog post, 05/2019).
  • Hourani S, “Cross-Border Smart Contracts: Boosting International Digital Trade through Trust and Adequate Remedies,” (UNCITRAL special volume ‘Modernizing International Trade Law to Support Innovation and Sustainable Development,’ 2017).
  • Hourani S, “Online Dispute Resolution pour les litiges B2B : prêt pour le monde des affaires ?” Newsletter N°14 de la Chambre Arbitrale Internationale de Paris, July 2017.
• Conference Papers and Seminar Presentations:
• “Mind the Gap? A Critical Observation of the Enforcement of Consumer ODR Outcomes in the EU,” SCAN Final Conference: Small Claims Analysis Net, January 2021.
• “Preserving Independence and Impartiality in AI-Based Online Dispute Resolution,” ILPC Annual Lecture and Conference 2020, AI and the Rule of Law: Regulation and Ethics, October 2020.
• “Going Paperless: A Critical Evaluation of the Recognition and Enforcement of International E-Arbitration Agreements,” The Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform: Fifth Annual Conference, October 2020.
• Arbitration Talk, School of Law, Middlesex University Mauritius, July 2020.
• “Enabling Better Access to Justice for Commercial Disputes through Blockchain Arbitration?” CCCL seminar, University of Exeter, June 2020.
• “Access to Justice and Blockchain-based Arbitration: New Platforms Could Be a Useful Tool for Resolving Commercial Disputes,” American Bar Association Virtual Conference, May 2020.
• “Blockchain-based Arbitration: an adequate Forum for the Resolution of international Commercial Disputes?” The Blockchain Technology Conference 2019, Berlin, November 2019.
• “Access to Justice in B2B Blockchain-Based ODR: Reinforcement of the Parties’ Rights in the Era of Automation?,” ODR Forum 2019, Williamsburg VA, USA, October 2019.
• “Blockchain Arbitration: An Adequate Forum for the Resolution of Disputes Ensuing on Blockchain-based Supply Chains?” The Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform: Fourth Annual Conference, IALS, London October 2019.
• “The Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign B2B Blockchain-Based Arbitral Awards by National Courts: Hype or Reality?” JPIL Conference 2019, Munich, Germany, September 2019.
• “The Resolution of B2B Disputes in Blockchain-Based Arbitration: A Solution for Improving the Parties Right of Access to Justice in the Digital Age?” Access to Justice and Arbitration Colloquium, Royal Holloway University of London, London, June 2019.
• “The Curious Case of the Recognition and Enforcement of Smart Contract Arbitral Awards by National Courts: Idealism or Business Reality?” Annual ICC YAF-YAAP Conference, Vienna, Austria, April 2019.
• The recognition and enforcement of blockchain-based ODR outcomes by national courts: futuristic idealism or reality?” ODR Forum 2018, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2018.
• “The Recognition of Smart Contract Arbitral Agreements: New Commercial Frontiers in the Digital Age,” The Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform: Third Annual Conference, IALS, London October 2018.
• “Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Arbitration: Challenges in the Era of Automation?” I T.A.K.E. Unconference, Radisson Blu Hotel, Bucharest, Romania, June 2018.
• “The Recognition and Enforcement of Smart Contract Arbitral Awards under the New York Convention” The XIII International Practical School of Young Legal Scholars: Law in the Era of Digitalization: Dynamic, Trends, Problems and Prospects, The Institute of Legislation and Comparative Law and the Government of Russia, Moscow, Russia, June 2018.
• “The Recognition and Enforcement of Cross-border Online Arbitral Awards: Challenges in the Era of Automation” 60 Years of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, Loyola University Andalusia, Seville, Spain, April 2018.
• “Readiness to radical change for organisational sustainability in the post-Brexit era,” ESRC Festival of Social Science, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, November 2017.
• "Boosting the Legitimacy of Arbitral Institutions though a Duty of Disclosure of the Existence of Third Party Funding in Investment Arbitration.” Conference on the Legitimacy of Unseen Actors in International Adjudication, Schouwburgstraat 2, The Hague, October 2017.
• "The Curious Case of the Interpretation of Investment Contracts: A Purely Private Law Dimension?" The Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform - The interface between public international law and substantive contract law, IALS, London, October 2017.
• "A Critical Analysis of the Enforcement of ODR Outcomes across the EU: Moving towards the Reinforcement of Consumer Redress?," JPIL Conference, Rio de Janeiro, August 2017.
• “Cross-Border Smart Contracts: Boosting International Digital Trade through Trust and Adequate Remedies,” UNCITRAL Congress on ‘Modernizing International Trade Law to Support Innovation and Sustainable Development,’ Vienna, Austria, July, 2017.
• “An Automated Enforcement of ODR Outcomes: A Solution for Boosting Consumers’ Rights for the Proposed UK ‘Online Court’?,” CIPPM Workshop on Trading with the Consumer in the Digital Age: Legal Developments, Current Challenges and the Road Ahead, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, June 2017.
• "Le dilemme du financement par un tiers dans l'arbitrage d'investissement," Colloque international prévention et règlement des différends dans les pays de la zone Mena (Afrique du Nord & Moyen Orient), Sousse, Tunisia, April 2017.
• “The 2016 UNCITRAL Technical Notes on ODR and the E-Consumer: A Critical Analysis of the Independence and Impartiality of Algorithmically Driven Arbitration,” ASIL-Yale Centre for Private Law Junior Scholars Workshop on International Dispute Resolution, Yale University, USA, 28 October 2016 (This was one of the only four papers that were selected from all around the world to be discussed at this highly prestigious event).
• “Maintaining the Integrity of the Procedure: Legal Implications for Artificial-Intelligence-Based ODR and Arbitration,” invited to present by the Turkish Ministry of Justice at the International Istanbul Law Congress on Enhancing Judicial Cooperation, Facilitating Functioning of the Judiciary and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Çırağan Palace Kempinski, Istanbul, Turkey, 17-19 October 2016.
• “Towards a Fairer Trading System for Micro-Businesses and SMEs Post-Brexit? Comparative Aspects with Other Common Law Systems,” IALS Workshop on the Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform – European and Comparative Perspectives, IALS, London, 22 September 2016.
• “Free trade Agreements and Healthcare: Examining the Impact of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the ISDS Mechanism on the Right to Health in the UK“, 2016 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2-5 June 2016.
• “Towards a Fair Digital Single Market: The Unsettling Case of Consumer's Rights in the EU,” European Union in International Affairs’ (EUIA) Conference, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, 12-13 May 2016.
• “The Rapid Globalisation in the Digital Era: Building a Consumer-Centric Model,” invited speaker with co-author Dr A. Karanasiou at the Electronic Frontiers Foundation Meeting on Catalysing Reform of Trade Negotiation Processes, Open Society offices, 27-28 January 2016.
• “Recasting West Tankers in the Deep Water? Why Gazprom Cannot Withstand the Scrutiny of Recast Brussels I,” 10th Anniversary of the JPIL Conference, University of Cambridge, 3-5 September 2015.
• “Comparative Law Seminar on Good Faith in Domestic and International Sales Contracts,” Guest lecture for International Trade Law, Bournemouth University, 21 April 2015.
• “Unpacking the Concept of Good Faith in Islamic Commercial Contracts: Analytical Comparisons with the Concept in English Contract Law,” YCC Conference by the American Society of Comparative Law, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 17 April 2015.
• “Understanding the Differences: A Comparative Study of the Perception of the Principle of Good Faith in English Contract Law and in Islamic Contract Law”, British Association of Comparative Law (BACL) Postgraduate Workshop on Comparative Law, Essex Centre for Comparative and European Law (EXCCEL), School of Law, University of Essex, 29 April 2013.
• “The Principle of Good Faith in the Shari’a as a Background to the Principle of Good Faith in Jordanian Contract Law”, Law School’s Speakers Series, School of Law, University of Essex, 22 November 2011.
• “The Principle of Good Faith in Islamic Sales Contracts Law”, Library of Congress, Washington DC, 23 August 2011.

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