Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers (2011)

by Arthur W. Rovine

Overview

The 2011 volume of Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation - The Fordham Papers is a collection of important works in the field written by the speakers at the 2011 Fordham Law School Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation.

The 26 papers are organized into the following five parts:
Keynote Presentation: George Bermann
Part I: Investor-State Arbitration, R. Doak Bishop, Margrete Stevens, Alexis Mourre, Lucy F. Reed, Giorgio Francesco Mandelli.
Part II: Complex International Commercial Arbitration, Gerald Aksen, James E. Castello, Rocio Digon, Bernard Hanotiau, Dr. Julian D M Lew QC, Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga.
Part III: New Rules in International Arbitration, Jason Fry, Victoria Shannon, Catherine Kessedjian, David W. Rivkin, Catherine A. Rogers, Arthur W. Rovine.
Part IV: Arbitration in the BRIC Countries, Grant Hanessian, Joaquim de Paiva Muniz, Roman Khodykin, Zia Moody, Shreyas Jayasimha, Andrew Aglionby.
Part V: Mediation, Simeon Baum, Jeremy Lack, Joseph T. McLaughlin, Jacqueline Nolan-Haley, Brian Speers, Colin Caughey, Nathan Witkin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004230125
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/25/2012
Series:	Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers Series , #5
Pages:	506
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Arthur W. Rovine has been serving as an arbitrator in international cases under ICSID, NAFTA and AAA/ICDR since he retired from Baker & McKenzie in 2005. He is also the director of the International Arbitration Conference at Fordham Law School and an adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School.

Table of Contents

Contributors
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Keynote Presentation
American Exceptionalism in International Arbitration George Bermann

Part 1
Investor-State Arbitration
A Systemic Perspective of the Foreign Investment Dispute Settlement System: Feedback, Adaptation and Stability R. Doak Bishop and Margrete Stevens
Expropriation by Courts: Is it Expropriation or Denial of Justice?
Alexis Mourre
Adhoc or ad arbitrium? An audit of Recent ICSID Annulment Decisions
Lucy F. Reed and Giorgio Francesco Mandelli

Part II
Complex International Commercial Arbitration
Class Arbitration in the United States – Is It Gone? Gerald Aksen
Maximizing Possibilities for Joinder in International Arbitration James E. Costello and Rocio Digon
Groups of Companies and Groups of Contracts: A General Introduction Bernard Hanotiau
Implications of the Dallah Case for International Commercial Arbitration Dr. Julian D M Lew QC
Revisiting the Need for Uniformity in the Application of Res Judicata in International Commercial Arbitration and in Treaty-Based and in Treaty-Based Arbitration Pedro J. Martinez- Fraga

Part III
New Rules in International Arbitration
The 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration Jason Fry and Victoria Shannon
The Proposed Arbitration Provisions in the Recast of Regulation 44/2001 Catherine Kessedjian
The Revised IBA Rules on Taking of Evidence David W. Rivkin
The Restatement as “New Rules” Catherine A. Rogers
The 2010 Revision of the UNICITRAL Arbitration Rules Arthur W. Rovine

Part IV
Arbitration in the BRIC Countries
BRICs, not CRIBs: the “Rebalancing” of International Arbitration Grant Hanessian
The Current Framework of International Arbitration in Brazil Joaquim de Paiva Muniz
Arbitration in Russia: A Hot Topic in a Cold Winter Roman Khodykin
Recent Indian Developments relating to International Arbitration Zia Moody and Shreyas Jayasimha
Notable Characteristics of Arbitration in China Andrew Aglionby

Part V
Mediation
Hawking Our Wares in the Marketplace of Values – Sell Quality Not Cost When Promoting Mediation; the Interplay of Global Norms of Justice and Harmony in the Mediation Forum Simeon Baum
The Neurophysiology of ADR and Process Design: A New Approach to Conflict Prevention and Resolution? Jeremy Lack
Resolving and Settling Claims in the Financial Services Industry Through Mediation – An International Perspective Joseph T. McLaughlin
Evolving Paths to Justice: Assessing the EU Directive on Mediation Jacqueline Nolan-Haley
Commercial Mediation – A Further Legacy of the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement? Brian Speers and Colin Caughey
Consensus Arbitration: Benefits and Application in Modern International Arbitration and Family Law
Nathan Witkin
Mediation: Geography and Institutions Francesca De Paolis