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Role Of A National Legal Information Center In The Access To Justice, The, Robert J. Nissenbaum
Role Of A National Legal Information Center In The Access To Justice, The, Robert J. Nissenbaum
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The author reviews the nature of disputes and mechanisms for dispute
Arbitration Of International Contract Disputes, William W. Park
Arbitration Of International Contract Disputes, William W. Park
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International commercial arbitration has been the victim of its own success. Arbitration is often the only dispute resolution process acceptable in business contexts where parties from different countries have rejected recourse to each other's legal system at the outset of the contractual relationship. For example, when a Swedish shipyard contracts to build tankers for an agency of the Libyan government, the Swedes are unlikely to relish the prospect of appearing before Libyan courts, and the Libyans may view submission to the courts of Sweden (or of another industrialized Western nation) as an affront to Libyan national sovereignty. Neither the Swedish …