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Arbitration Clauses In Public Company Charters: An Expansion Of The Adr Elysian Fields Or A Descent Into Hades?, Christos A. Ravanides

Christos A. Ravanides

This article contributes to the long stalled debate about the arbitrability of disputes between publicly-held companies, their shareholders and directors, one of the last, zealously guarded bastions of judicial competence. A crucial difference between this and prior commentary is that the subject is not viewed in a vacuum: significant developments, both domestic and international, signal radical changes in the perception of the legal and policy implications of intra-public company arbitration.

The article first heeds proposals in high profile reports that public shareholders be allowed to experiment with privatized alternatives to traditional derivative and class litigation, as a way to reduce …

The Internationalization Of The American Journal Of International Law: Reality Or Chimera? - A Survey, Christos A. Ravanides

Christos A. Ravanides

In 2006, the American Society of International Law ("ASIL") celebrated its centennial anniversary. In 2007, it is the turn of the Society’s flagship publication, the American Journal of International Law ("AJIL"), to celebrate the centennial year since its inception in 1907. This first-of-its-kind detailed survey dissects the Journal’s “international” attribute: how truly “international” and how “American” has this prestigious publication proved in the course of a century? How accommodating a host has it been to international lawyers with no U.S. affiliation or with “deviating” views on international law? The research has been multi-fold; we examine the content, the structure and …