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A Comparative Look At Domestic Enforcement Of International Tribunal Judgments, Lori Fisler Damrosch Jan 2009

A Comparative Look At Domestic Enforcement Of International Tribunal Judgments, Lori Fisler Damrosch

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Problems of compliance with international arbitral and judicial decisions have been with us for as long as such tribunals have existed. In general, the consensual foundations for the jurisdiction of international tribunals have ensured that the parties were in principle willing to have their disputes resolved by the tribunal and thus were usually prepared to carry out the resulting award or judgment. Commentators on international arbitration generally characterize the compliance record as favorable.

Occasions when states refuse to carry out arbitral awards are rare, but when they do occur, states have sometimes asserted the nullity of the award on the …


Ascertaining The Parties' Intentions In Arbitral Design, George A. Bermann Jan 2009

Ascertaining The Parties' Intentions In Arbitral Design, George A. Bermann

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Supreme Court case law teaches us that the federal interest in arbitration does not consist of enforcing agreements to arbitrate according to some sort of abstract or ideal arbitral model, but rather according to the particular arbitral model upon which the parties had agreed. This body of law is driven by the same notions of party autonomy that underlie the law of arbitration generally. That parties may agree to forego access to national courts in favor of arbitration is an initial manifestation of that attitude. By logical extension, the parties also enjoy extraordinary latitude in determining the features that "their" …


Winners And Losers In The Panel Stage Of The Wto Dispute Settlement System, Bernard Hoekman, Henrik Horn, Petros C. Mavroidis Jan 2009

Winners And Losers In The Panel Stage Of The Wto Dispute Settlement System, Bernard Hoekman, Henrik Horn, Petros C. Mavroidis

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Most research on the role of developing countries in the WTO Dispute Settlement (DS) system has focused on their propensity to participate as complainants, respondents, and third parties. Much of this line of research has sought to examine claims that developing countries are underrepresented as complainants and/or overrepresented as respondents in the DS system. This chapter examines whether the outcomes with regard to legal claims differ between developing and developed countries. It employs a dataset describing various aspects of the DS system that have been compiled under a World Bank project to take a first cut at exploring what the …