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University of Missouri School of Law

1995

Arbitration act

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Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act, Kimberly Gibbens, Cathleen A. Martin, Peter Sumners, Stephen Witte Jul 1995

Recent Developments: The Uniform Arbitration Act, Kimberly Gibbens, Cathleen A. Martin, Peter Sumners, Stephen Witte

Journal of Dispute Resolution

The Uniform Arbitration Act is an annual project of the Journal of Dispute Resolution.2 The project examines court opinions from the past year which have interpreted state versions of the Uniform Arbitration Act ("U.A.A.").' Currently, thirty-four states and the District of Columbia have adopted arbitration statutes based on the U.A.A.' The goal of the Journal of Dispute Resolution in creating this project is to promote uniformity in interpretation of the U.A.A. by describing the decisions and rationales of recent court opinions.


Federal Arbitration Act And Section 2'S Involving Commerce Requirement: The Final Step Towards Complete Federal Preemption Over State Law And Policy - Allied-Bruce Terminix V. Dobson, The, Isham R. Jones Iii Jul 1995

Federal Arbitration Act And Section 2'S Involving Commerce Requirement: The Final Step Towards Complete Federal Preemption Over State Law And Policy - Allied-Bruce Terminix V. Dobson, The, Isham R. Jones Iii

Journal of Dispute Resolution

In 1609, Lord Coke held agreements to arbitrate revocable at will at any time prior to the issuance of an award.' For three-hundred years following Lord Coke's decision, a similar mindset pervaded the judicial psyche of both England and the United States, requiring legislative action to overcome the dilemma.' Even after the enactment of the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA" or "Act"), passed by Congress to combat judicial hostility to arbitration, courts continued to jealously guard their jurisdiction from non-traditional dispute resolution forums.4 Under Section 2 of the FAA, courts must enforce agreements to arbitrate contained in contracts which evidence a …