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The Culture Of Arbitration, Tom Ginsburg
The Culture Of Arbitration, Tom Ginsburg
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The relationship between "legal culture" and the practice of international arbitration has received increasing attention in recent years. Many see arbitration as a meeting point for different legal cultures, a place of convergence and interchange wherein practitioners from different backgrounds create new practices. Some have suggested that this process has led to an emergent "international arbitration culture" fusing together elements of the common law and civil law traditions. Others see arbitration as a locus of conflict among traditions or as competition among various players.
This comment contests the view that the current state of convergence in arbitration is properly considered …
Economic Globalization: The Challenge For Arbitrators, Ranee K.L. Panjabi
Economic Globalization: The Challenge For Arbitrators, Ranee K.L. Panjabi
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
CHOICE OF LAW IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION
By Okezie Chukwumerije
Westport, Connecticut: Quorum Books, 1994. Pp. 219.
Arbitration at the municipal level is becoming more frequently used because it is regarded as a more expeditious process for resolving disputes. In the realm of labor relations, for instance, arbitration is often the dispute resolution method of choice and is incorporated in numerous collective agreements. In an arbitration the two parties usually select an arbitrator and jointly pay the costs of the process. In the collective agreement or contract, the parties stipulate the terms of the procedure that generally bind the arbitrator, …
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Case Digest, Journal Staff
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
1. ADMIRALTY
"CONTACTS" TEST BASED ON 99 PERCENT AMERICAN OWNERSHIP OF A FOREIGN CORPORATION WILL NOT BE APPLIED TO CIRCUMVENT THE RECIPROCITY PROVISION OF THE PUBLIC VESSELS ACT
SEARCH OF A U.S. VESSEL ON THE HIGH SEAS PURSUANT TO STATUTE AUTHORIZING SAFETY INSPECTIONS BY THE U.S. COAST GUARD MAY NOT BE ASSISTED BY AGENTS OF OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES
LAND-BASED TORT PRINCIPLES OF NEGLIGENCE APPLY TO LIABILITY OF VESSELS FOR INJURIES TO LONGSHOREMEN RATHER THAN PRINCIPLES OF UNSEAWORTHINESS OR VIOLATION OF NONDELEGABLE DUTY
2. ALIEN'S RIGHTS
INTERRUPTION OF AN ALIEN'S PRESENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND INVESTOR STATUS OF AN ALIEN …