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Sovereignty Of Aves Island: An Argument Against Compulsory, Standardized Arbitration Of Maritime Boundary Disputes Subject To Review By The International Court Of Justice, M. Scott Garrison

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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Only One Kick At The Cat: A Contextual Rubric For Evaluating Res Judicata And Collateral Estoppel In International Commercial Arbitration, Randy D. Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

Arbitration is the preferred method of resolving disputes arising out of international commercial transactions. It stands outside national legal systems because contracting parties agree in advance that they want neutral arbitrators — not local judges and juries — deciding who is at fault when a commercial relationship breaks down. But arbitration nevertheless butts up against litigation from time to time, often because one party attempts to arbitrate a matter that has been litigated to conclusion or vice versa. This article examines — through a contextual approach — questions of preclusion that thereby arise and ultimately suggests that res judicata and …

Peace Is Not The Absence Of Conflict: A Response To Professor Rogers' Article: "Fit And Function In Legal Ethics", Kirsten D. Weisenberger

ExpressO

This paper takes the theoretical model Professor Catherine Rogers developed in her article “Fit and Function in Legal Ethics: Developing a Code of Conduct for International Arbitration,” 23 MICH. J. INT’L L. 341 (2002) as the starting point for an original argument that conflicts of laws analysis should be used to determine which legal ethics rules should apply to lawyers practicing international arbitration. The argument is supported by the new ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct rule on choice of law explicitly applies conflicts of laws analysis to lawyers practicing in the multijurisdictional settings. This paper analyses the new ABA …

Domestic Enforcement Of International Decisions – Remarks By Lori F. Damrosch, Lori Fisler Damrosch

Faculty Scholarship

I approach this topic first within the centennial framework, and then with attention to the Sanchez-Llamas and Bustillo cases just argued at the Supreme Court, as well as the Medellin case (pending in Texas) and other current problems.

Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards Against Foreign States Or State Agencies, S.I. Strong

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

For years, U.S. courts took a highly deferential, "hands-off' approach to litigation involving a foreign sovereign. However, recent case law out of the D.C. Circuit has radically diminished the jurisdictional elements that plaintiffs must establish before a U.S. court will assert its power to enforce an arbitral award against a foreign state or state agency. This Article investigates this recent shift and describes what contacts, if any, a foreign state or state agency must have with the United States before a U.S. court will assert jurisdiction under sections 1605(a)(1) and 1605(a)(6) of the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act ("FSIA").4 This …

The Role Of International Arbitrators, Susan Franck

Susan D. Franck

No abstract provided.

Only One Kick At The Cat-A Contextual Rubric For Evaluating Res Judicata And Collateral Estoppel In Innternational Commercial Arbitration.Pdf, Randy D. Gordon

Randy D. Gordon