• Form of Award
Article 31 of the Model Law provides for a written, reasoned award. Although the FAA is silent on the issue of the form of the award, it appears to assume that the award will be in writing as it provides in Section 13 that when a party moves to confirm an award it will file the award with the court. The New York Convention, incorporated into Chapter 2 of the FAA also provides for a written award by implication, but does not provide for any particular form of award.