The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration

This book not only deals with the broad application of international treaties guidelines laws and rules affecting international commercial arbitration but also includes information about the most recent developments in the field. Readers learn how arbitration works from the request to arbitrate the selection of arbitrators the procedures leading up to the hearing the witnesses and evidence at the hearing to the granting of the final award. Along the way many strategies and tactics come into play as an arbitration moves toward the goal of resolving the dispute. The reader learns to appreciate the application of different laws and ethical concepts that may vary by jurisdiction including the ethical obligations of arbitrators and of counsel. Throughout the principles of international arbitration are supported by the practice providing a very concrete approach to the resolution of international disputes by arbitration.