International Commercial Arbitration

International Commercial Arbitration Synopsis

This innovative casebook on International Commercial Arbitration approaches the subject as uniquely transnational law. Authored by three leading arbitration experts coming from different legal backgrounds who have taught worldwide, It covers international conventions, court decisions, arbitral awards, statutes, and arbitration rules from all over the world. This thoroughly updated 6th edition (which adds for the first time, Stefan Kroll, as a co-author) includes the new 2014 AAA International Rules, the new 2014 LCIA Arbitration Rules, the revised 2015 Chinese CIETAC Rules, the 2015 ICC Experts Rules, the 2014 IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration, the 2013 IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration. It also adds discussion of new arbitration acts, such as the 2014 Dutch Code of Civil Procedure and the 2013 Belgian Judicial Code, and important new decisions of the highest courts in the U.S., the U.K., India, Switzerland, Singapore and other countries. New or expanded sections concern jurisdiction-admissibility distinctions, choice of law issues, negative effect of Kompetenz-Kompetenz, multi-tier clauses, enforcing annulled awards, production of documents, confidentiality, challenges, fees and costs, and other emerging issues.