The American Review of International Arbitration (ARIA)

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Book Overview

Vol. 18  No. 1-2

Articles

Introduction: Mandatory Rules Of Law In International Arbitration
George A. Bermann

Mandatory Rules In International Litigation

Mandatory Rules In Civil Litigation: Stauts Of The Doctrine Post-Globalization
Hannah L. Buxbaum

How Do Mandatory Rules Of Law Function In International Civil Litigation?
Bernard Audit

Mandatory Rules In International Commercial Arbitration

The Arbitrator And “Mandatory Rules Of Law”
Alan Scott Rau

Applying Mandatory Rules Of Law In International Commercial Arbitration
Laurence Shore

Does International Arbitration Need A Mandatory Rules Method?
Alexander K.A. Greenawalt

Mandatory Rules In International Commercial Arbitration: An English
Law Perspective
Audley Sheppard

Mandatory Rules Of Law In International Arbitration: What Are Mandatory Rules
Catherine Kessedjian

Mandatory Law In Arbitration
Hans Smit

Mandatory Rules And Investment Arbitration

Mandatory Rules Of Law And Investment Arbitration
Andrea K. Bjorklund

The Relevance (Or Lack Thereof) Of The Notion Of “Mandatory Rules Of Law”
To Investment Treaty Arbitration
Donald Francis Donovan

Mandatory Rules In International Arbitration: Too Much Too Early Or Too Little Too Late?
Loukas Mistelis

Concluding Remarks

Bibliography

Vol. 17 No. 4

Articles

Special Section: Hall Street Associates, L.L.C. v. Mattel, Inc.

Fear of Freedom
Alan Scott Rau

Hall Street Associates v. Mattel: A Critical Comment
Hans Smit

Beyond Antagonicism: The Policy Justifications for the Supreme Court's Decision in the Hall Street Associates
Mark Beckett

Protecting Both the FAA and Party Autonomy: The Hall Street Decision
David W. Rivkin & Eric P. Tuchmann

Institutional Rules and Arbitral Jurisdiction: When Party Intent is Not "Clear and Unmistakable"
Richard W. Hulbert

Secretaries to International Arbitral Tribunals
Int’l Commercial Disputes Comm. & Comm. on Arbitration of the NYC Bar Ass’n

Perspectives of International Arbitration in Latin America
Alexis Mourre

Current Developments

Is Full Armor Absolutely Necessary to the Arbitration Process?
Mauro Rubino-Sammartano & Mark Kantor

Cumulative Table of Contents

Vol. 17 No. 3

Articles

Court-Ordered Interim Measures In Aid Of International Commercial Arbitration
Martin Davies

Arbitration As A Means Of Resolving Sovereign Debt Disputes
Karen Halverson Cross

Liability V. Quasi-Judicial Immunity Of The Arbitrator: The Case Against Absolute Arbitral Immunity
Emmanuela Truli

Current Developments

International Commercial Arbitration In The Cis And Mongolia
Roman Chapaev & Veronica Bradautanu

Arbitral & Judicial Decisions

The New Generation Of China Bits In Light Of Tza Yap Shum V.

Vol. 17 No. 2

Articles

Reality Test: Current State of Affairs in Theory and Practice Relating to “Lex Arbitri”
Loukas Mistelis

International Arbitration: A Historical Perspective And Practice Guide Connecting Four Emerging World Cultures: China, Mexico, Nigeria, And Saudi Arabia
S. Breckenridge Thomas

Safeguarding Arbitral Integrity In Nigeria: Potential Conflict Between Legislative Policies And Foreign Arbitration Clauses
In Bills Of Lading
Adewale A. Olawoyin

Current Developments

International Arbitration And Security For Costs
– A Brief Report On Two Developments
Christopher Kee

Some Critical Observations On The Italian Regulation Of Company Arbitration
Valerio Sangiovanni

Book Reviews

Thomas E. Carbonneau, The Law And Practice Of Arbitration
Joseph R. Brubaker

Vol. 17 No. 1

Articles

"Legal Traditions" and International Commercial Arbitration
Leon E. Trakman

A New World of Discovery: The Ramifications of Two Recent Federal Courts' Decisions Granting Judicial Assistance to Arbitral Tribunals Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782
Anna Conley

The "Group of Companies Doctrine"- Where is it heading?
Stephan Wilske
Laurence Shore &
Jan-Michael Ahrens

Documentary Discovery and International Commercial Arbitration
Peter Ashford

Arbitral and Judicial Decisions

Opposing Confirmation of International Arbitration Awards: Is it Worth the Sanctions?
J.P. Duffy

Current Development

The Use of Qualitative Research Techniques in Studying Arbitration: A Comment on a Study of Corporate Attitudes Towards International Arbitration
Mahmoud Reza Firoozmand

Vol. 16 No. 3-4

Articles

Ex Post General Regulation and Investment Protection in Recent International Arbitration
Alberto Alvarez-Jimenez

Options for Dispute Resolution Under the Investment Chapters of NAFTA and CAFTA
Matthias Lehmann

Reviewing Trends and Proposals to Recognize Oral Agreements to Arbitrate in International Arbitration Law
Peter Kucherepa

The "Privy to Arbitration" Doctrine: The Withering of the Common-Law Privity of Contract Doctrine in Arbitration Law
Olagoke O. Olatawura

Confidentiality in a Forum of Last Resort: Is the Use of Confidential Arbitration a Good Idea for Business and Society
Anjanette H. Raymond

Different Mediation Traditions: A Comparison Between China and the U.S.
Xiaobing Xu

Notes & Comments

Dispute Resolution in Patent Pooling Arrangements: The Arbitration Solution
Hans Smit

Arbitral and Judicial Decisions

From Hostility to Harmony: Buckeye Marks a Milestone in the Acceptance of Arbitration in American Jurisprudence
Kirsten Weisenberger

Recent Developments in Enforcement of Arbitral Awards Against an Instrumentality of a Foreign State: TMR Energy V. State Property Fund of Ukraine
Rostyslav I. Shiller

Cumulative Table of Contents for Volume 16

Vol. 16 No. 2

Articles

At the Crossroads of Legitimacy and Arbitral Autonomy
Thomas E. Carbonneau

The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Russia: An Analysis of the Relevant Treaties, Laws, and Cases
William R. Spiegelberger

Methods of Dispute Resolution: Torah to Talmud to Today
Seth E. Lipner

When is a Government Bound by a Contract, Including an Arbitration Clause, It Did Not Sign?
Hans Smit

The Forum Selection Clause in Arbitration Under a Bilateral Investment Treaty
Hans Smit

Vol. 16 No. 1

Articles

The Federal Arbitration Act: Risks and Incongruities Relating to the Issuance of Interim and Partial Awards in Domestic and International Arbitrations
James M. Gaitis

Planning for Commercial Dispute Resolution
Joseph T. McLaughlin

In Mainland China
Kathleen M. Scanlon and Catherine X. Pan

“Arbitral Forum Shopping”: Observations on Recent Developments in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration
Richard H. Kreindler

The Effect of an Arbitral Award and Third Parties in International Arbitration: Res Judicata Revisited
Stavros Brekoulakis

Notes & Comments

The Time is Ripe for the U.S. Supreme Court to Bury the Misconceived Doctrine of Manifest Disregard of the Law
Hans Smit

*A cumulative table of contents for Volume 16 will appear at the back of the final issue of this year.

Vol. 15 No. 3-4

Preface

Hans Smit

Articles

Lack of Jurisdiction and Forum Non Conveniens as Defenses to the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
Int’l Commercial Disputes Comm. of the Ass’n of the Bar of the City of N.Y.

The Enforcement of ICSID Awards: Revolutionary or Ineffective?
Giuliana Canè

The Weaknesses of the "Rosatti Doctrine": Ten Reasons Why ICSID’s Standing Provisions Do Not Discriminate Against Local Investors
Anibal Sabater

A Comparative Analysis of Arbitral Institutions and Their Achievements in the United States and Korea
Chul-Gyoo Park

Reducing Costs and Inconveniences in International Commercial Arbitration and Other Forms of Alternative Resolution Through Online Dispute Resolution
Robert Bennett Lubic

International Arbitration – Corporate Attitudes and Practices – 12 Perceptions Tested: Myths, Data and Analysis – Research Report
Dr. Loukas Mistelis

Current Developments

JAMS: A Longstanding Provider of Dispute Resolution Services to the International Business Community
Robert B. Davidson & Richard Chernick

Notes & Comments

A Comment on the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest: The Fragile Balance Between Principles and Illustrations, and the Mystery of the “Subjective Test”
Laurence Shore & Emmanuelle Cabrol

Confidentiality Revisited: Blessing or Curse in International Commercial Arbitration?
Gu Weixia

Book Reviews

Aldo Frignani, L’Arbitrato Commerciale Internazionale
Marco Torsello

Cumulative Table of Contents for Volume XV

Vol. 15 No. 2

Articles

Class Actions and their Waiver in Arbitration
Hans Smit

The UDRP: Design Elements of an Effective ADR Mechanism
Nicholas Smith & Erik Wilbers

Achieving the Harmonization of Transnational Civil Procedure: Will the ALI/UNIDROIT Project Succeed?
Stephen McAuley

The Limitations of Party Autonomy in ICSID Arbitration
Anoosha Boralessa

Current Developments

The Asia Pacific Regional Arbitration Group
Michael Pryles

Arbitral & Judicial Decisions

Manifest Disregard of the Law in the New York Court of Appeals
Hans Smit

Preclusive Effects of an International Arbitral Award
Andreas Stier

Notes & Comments

Brainstorming Meets Online Dispute Resolution
Lenden Webb

Book Reviews

Jerome Cohen, Neil Kaplan & Peter Malanczuk, Advisory Eds., Daniel Fung & Wang Sheng Chang, General Eds., Arbitration in China: A Practical Guide
Randall Peerenboom

Recent Books and Articles on Commercial Arbitration

Volume 15 No.1

Preface

Elizabeth H. Cooper

Articles

Vratislav Pechota—A Truly International Lawyer
Hans Smit

An Assessment of Pechota’s International Bibliography on Commercial Arbitration
Thomas E. Carbonneau

International and Domestic Arbitration Procedure: The Need for a Rule Providing a Limited Opportunity for Arbitral Reconsideration of Reasoned Awards
James M. Gaitis

Mining Mediation Rules for Representation Opportunities and Obstacles
Harold I. Abramson

Manifest Disregard of the Law in the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department
Hans Smit

Notes & Comments

Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Arbitrations: Procedural Mechanisms and Interpretationof Arbitration Agreements under U.S. Law Irene M. Ten Cate Should Mediation Trigger Arbitration in Multi-Step Alternative Dispute Resolution Clauses?
Rachel Jacobs

Book Reviews

Pieter Sanders, The Work of UNCITRAL on Arbitration and Conciliation, 2nd Edition
Richard W. Hulbert

Recent Books and Articles on Commercial Arbitration

Vol. 14 No. 4

Articles

Investment Arbitration in Eastern Europe: Recent Cases on Expropriation
Kaj Hobér

Damage Valuation of Indirect Expropriation in Public Services
Manuel A. Abdala & Pablo T. Spiller

The Color Line in International Arbitration: An American Perspectice
Benjamin G. Davis

Current Developments

The Potential of Lebanon as a Neutral Place for International Arbitration
Walid John Kassir

Arbitral & Judicial Decisions

Party Autonomy and Implied Choice in International Commercial Arbitration
Paul Michell

Recent Books and Articles on Commercial Arbitration

Vol. 14 No. 3

Articles

Arbitral Subpoenas under U.S. Law and Practice
Paul D. Friedland & Lucy Martinez

Teaching Arbitration Law
Stephen J. Ware

Arbitration, Financial Markets and Banking Disputes
Stefano E. Cirielli

The Use of Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Clauses in Latin America: Questions of Enforceability
Eduardo Palmer & Eliana Lopez

The Supreme Court Rules on the Proper Interpretation of Section 1782: Its Potential Significance for International Arbitration
Hans Smit

Current Developments

International Arbitration in Turkey
Tugrul Ansay

Is Arbitration Losing Ground?
Mauro Rubino-Sammartano

Notes & Comments

Managing Requests for Enforcement of Vacated Awards Under the New York Convention
Radu Lelutiu

Recent Books and Articles on Commercial Arbitration

Vol. 14 No. 1–2

Articles

Everything You Really Need To Know About “Separability” In Seventeen Simple Propositions
Alan Scott Rau

The Tensions Between Confidentiality And Transparency In International Arbitration Cindy G. Buys

The New Law Of International Commercial Arbitration In Bangledesh: A Comparative Perspective
Dr. A.F.M. Maniruzzaman

Arbitral & Judicial Decisions

Class Actions In Arbitration
Hans Smit

Current Developments

A Colloquium On International Commercial Arbitration And African States 2003
Dr. Amazu Anthony Asouzu

Recent Books And Articles On Commercial Arbitration

Vol. 13 No. 1-4

Introduction
Oscar Chase & Samuel Estreicher

Reports

International Arbitration: Scapegoat or Solution
Andreas F. Lowenfeld

International Arbitration: Comments from a Critic
Linda Silberman

Separability and Competence – Competence In International Arbitration: Ex Nihilo
Nihil Fit? Or Can Something Indeed Come From Nothing?
Robert H. Smit

In The Shadow of the Unruly Horse: International Arbitration and The
Public Policy Exception
Homayoon Arfazadeh

Comments on Public Policy in International Arbitration
Hans Smit

Mass Claims Processes
Howard M. Holtzmann

Amending The Federal Arbitration Act:
William W. Park

Comment on a Proposed New Statute for International Arbitration
Richard W. Hulbert

Remarks on Amending the FAA
Kenneth Davis

The Rule of Lawyers and The Ethos Of Diplomats: Reflections On The Internal And External Legitimacy Of WTO Dispute Settlement
J.H.H. Weiler

The WTO’s Legitimacy Crisis: Reflections on The Law and Politics of WTO Dispute
Resolution
Jeffrey L. Dunoff

Vol. 12 No. 3-4

Articles

To Continue Nationalizing or to De-Nationalize? That Is Now the Question in International Arbitration
Otto Sandrock

Absence of Consent Trumps Arbitral Economy: Consolidation of Arbitrations Under U.S. & Irene M. Tencate Law
Rona G. Shamoon

“Manifest Disregard of the Law” And Vacatur of Arbitral Awards in the United States
Noah Rubins

Judicial Deference to the Authority of Arbitrators to Interpret and Apply Federal Antitrust Laws
Howard A. Ellins & Christopher H. Withers

Current Developments

The Use of Med-Arb In International Commercial Dispute Resolution
Emilia Onyema

Enforcing Foreign Arbitral Awards and Foreign Judgments in Ukraine
Helen Z. Kryshtalowych & Claudia T. Salomon

Arbitral & Judicial Decisions

Another Judicial Misstep in Correcting an Arbitral Award
Hans Smit

Notes & Comments

Online International Arbitration: Nine Issues Crucial To Its Success
Nicholas De Witt

Book Reviews

Kaj Hobér, Prescription and Applicable Law In Interstate Arbitration
Andreas F. Lowenfeld

Comment
Kaj Hobér

Recent Books and Articles on Commercial Arbitration

Vol. 12 No. 2

Articles

Adr In England And Wales
Dr. Loukas A. Mistelis

“Nothing Comes Of Nothing”...Or Does It??? A Critical Re-Examination of the Doctrine of Separability in American Arbitration Law
Tanya J. Monestier

Letters Of Request: Will A Canadian Court Enforce A Letter Of Request From An International Arbitral Tribunal?
Michael Penny

Current Developments

Ireland As A Place For International Arbitration
Leila Anglade

Launch Of A New International Arbitration Forum Via E-Mail

Book Reviews

Amazu A. Asouzu, International Commercial
Emilia Onyema

Arbitration And African States: Practice, Participation And Institutional Development

Recent Books And Articles On Commercial Arbitration

Vol. 12 No. 1

Articles

Setting Aside An Arbitral Award In The People’s Republic Of China
Li Hu

Awarding Compound Interest In International Arbitration
Natasha Affolder

Notes & Comments

Burning The Idols Of Non-Arbitrability: Arbitrating Administrative Law Disputes
With Foreign Investors
Shane Spelliscy

Dealing With Mistakes Contained In Arbitral Awards
Cecilia M. Di Ció

Book Reviews

Emmanuel Gaillard & John Savage, Eds., Fouchard Gaillard Goldman
On International Commercial Arbitration
Horacio A. Grigera Naón

Recent Books And Articles On Commercial Arbitration

Book Overview