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Saturns And Rickshaws Revisited: What Kind Of Employment Arbitration System Has Developed?, Alexander Colvin, Kell Pike
Saturns And Rickshaws Revisited: What Kind Of Employment Arbitration System Has Developed?, Alexander Colvin, Kell Pike
Alexander Colvin
[Excerpt] In this article, we examine a new, more detailed dataset of employment arbitration cases administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA), which includes information on many important aspects of these cases that are not included in the California Code of Civil Procedure disclosure requirements. With the availability of this new data, we are able to revisit Estreicher's argument and look at the question of whether employment arbitration has become a new Saturn system of justice providing better access to employees and to what degree it is different from the Cadillac-Rickshaw system of justice in employment litigation. We begin by …
Recommendations On Public Policy In The Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards, Winnie Ma
Recommendations On Public Policy In The Enforcement Of Arbitral Awards, Winnie Ma
Winnie Ma
Extract: Unruly applications of the inherently unruly public-policy exception persist, primarily because the public-policy paradox of the New York Convention persists - that is, the public-policy exception to the pro-enforcement public policy. Consequently, the concept of international public policy remains problematic.
Parallel Proceedings And International Commercial Arbitration: The International Law Association's Recommendations For Arbitrators, Winnie Ma
Winnie Ma
In 2006 the International Law Association adopted various recommendations to facilitate consistency in the arbitrators' approach to parallel proceedings. The ILA confirms the possibility of parallel judicial and arbitral proceedings notwithstanding the persistent debate on whether the arbitral tribunals or the state courts should have priority in determining arbitral jurisdictions. By widening the definition of parallel proceedings to include related proceedings involving substantially the same parties and issues, the ILA provides different recommendations for different types of parallel proceedings. These recommendations advise arbitrators to consider the interests of arbitral efficiency and the possibility of annulment when deciding whether to exercise …