Introduction

Chapter One: Arbitration Defined

1. Introduction
2. Appeal to the Commercial Community
3. Arbitration as a Remedy
4. How the Process Operates
5. The Remedy's Evolution and Adaptation
6. The Role and Function of Lawyers

Chapter Two: Basic Concepts and Principles

1. Party Autonomy
2. Arbitration Agreements
3. The Terms of Reference
4. Arbitrability
5. The Separability Doctrine and Kompetenz-Kompetenz
6. Adjudicatory Powers of the Arbitrators
7. Enforcement of Awards
8. Consolidation and Class Actions in Arbitration
9. Selecting Arbitrators
10. Arbitral Institutions
11. "Anational" Arbitration: The Lex Loci Arbitri and the Lex Mercatoria
12. Judicial Supervision of the Merits of Awards in Anglo-Saxon Laws
13. International Treaties and National Statutes on Arbitration
14. Fast-Track Arbitration
15. The "Modern" Arbitration Statute

Chapter Three: The Law at a Glance

1. Introduction
2. The Decisional Law
3. Arbitration and ADR as a Deconstruction of Law
4. Assessing the Current Status of Arbitration
5. Arbitration's Political Dimension
6. Possible Reforms
7. Conclusion

Chapter Four: The FAA and the Uniform Law

1. The Early "Hostility"
2. The United States Arbitration Act of 1925
3. Significant Provisions in the Text
4. The FAA as a "Super-ADR" Statute
5. The Uniform Law for States

Chapter Five: Arbitration and Federalism

1. Initial Steps Toward "Federalization"
2. The Federalism Trilogy
3. The Faux Pas in Volt
4. Affirming the Federalization Policy

Chapter Six: Contract Freedom and Arbitrability

1. The Decisional Edifice on Arbitration
2. Freedom of Contract
3. Mastrobuono
4. Kaplan
5. Contract Provisions for Judicial Review
6. Beyond Contract: Arbitrating Claims Based on Statutory Rights

Chapter Seven: Old and New Applications

1. Maritime Arbitration
2. Securities Arbitration
3. Consumer Arbitration

Chapter Eight: Workplace Arbitration

1. Labor Arbitration
2. Employment Arbitration

A. Introduction
B. The Landmark Cases
C. The General Character of the Case Law
D. The Factor of Costs
E. "Triangular" Employment Arbitration Agreements
F. Provisions of a Model Agreement

i. Basic Considerations
ii. The Agreement to Arbitrate
iii. The Scope of Application of the Process
iv. The Meaning of Arbitration
v. The Administration of the Arbitral Proceeding
vi. Pre-Arbitration Dispute Resolution
vii. The Arbitration Process
viii. The Arbitrators' Adjudicatory Duties and Powers

Chapter Nine: The Enforcement of Arbitral Awards

1. Introduction
2. The General Policy and Standard of Review
3. The Public Policy Exception to Enforcement
4. Arbitrary and Capricious or Irrational Awards
5. Manifest Disregard of the Law
6. Excess of Arbitral Authority
7. Arbitrator Misconduct
8. Evident Partiality

Chapter Ten: International Commercial Arbitration

1. Introduction
2. A Note on the New York Convention
3. The United States Supreme Court on ICA
4. A Brief History
5. ICA in the World Community
6. Problems and Dissenting Positions
7. The Business of Arbitration
8. The Need for Uniformity
9. Impact on National Law
10. Law and Legitimacy in ICA

Chapter Eleven: Transborder Regimes

1. ICSID (World Bank) Arbitration and the PCA (Permanent Court of Arbitration)
2. The UNCITRAL
3. The International Bar Association (IBA)
4. Arbitration in International Economic Relations and Trade Agreements

Chapter Twelve: Substantive Law

1. The Lex Mercatoria Arbitralis
2. The French Law of Arbitration
3. The English Statutory Law on Arbitration
4. Other National Arbitration Laws

Chapter Thirteen: Special Issues

1. Adversarial Arbitration
2. Enlarging the Reach of the Arbitration Agreement
3. Availability of Punitive Damages and Class Action Relief
4. The Waiver of the Right to Arbitrate
5. Confidentiality in Arbitration
6. Interim Measures or Provisional Relief
7. Arbitrator Discretion in Awarding Damages
8. Arbitration and the Unauthorized Practice of Law in Florida

Chapter Fourteen: Writing Arbitration Agreements

1. Introduction
2. The Effect and Development of Arbitration Agreements
3. The Content of "Modern" Arbitration Agreements
4. The Recourse to Arbitration: Voluntary, Necessary, or Coerced?
5. Institutional Arbitration
6. Selecting Arbitrators and the Question of Impartiality
7. Arbitrator Accountability and Collegiality
8. Controlling Authority in the Arbitration
9. Governing Law
10. The Character of the Arbitral Trial
11. The Award
12. The Standard of Review
13. The Chromalloy Problem
14. Foreign Practice Rules
15. The "Universal" Jurisdiction of National Courts in Transborder Arbitration
16. Conclusion

Conclusion

Table of Cases

Subject Index