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A Labor Arbitrator Views His Work, Maurice H. Merrill Jun 1957

A Labor Arbitrator Views His Work, Maurice H. Merrill

Vanderbilt Law Review

What follows is, in form and in content, somewhat at variance from the typical law review article. It is not the result of a systematic survey of statutory enactment or of case law. Still less is it based on investigation of the place of arbitration as a part of the social order. Neither is it the product of an inquisition into the materials of the social and behavioral sciences for such light as they may shed upon the arbitral process and its achievements. It is simply an account of the author's own views of arbitration, based on his personal experience …


Act Relating To Arbitration And To Make Uniform The Law With Reference Thereto, Law Review Staff Jun 1957

Act Relating To Arbitration And To Make Uniform The Law With Reference Thereto, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

A written agreement to submit any existing controversy to arbitration or a provision in a written contract to submit to arbitration any controversy thereafter arising between the parties is valid, enforceable and irrevocable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. This act also applies to arbitration agreements between employers and employees or between their respective representatives (unless otherwise provided in the agreement.)


Foreword, Sylvan Gotshal Jun 1957

Foreword, Sylvan Gotshal

Vanderbilt Law Review

Twenty years ago an article on arbitration would have been an oddity in a law review. Significant of the change in thinking with regard to arbitration on the part of attorneys, bar associations, and law schools is the fact that within the past few months several law journals and reviews have had major articles devoted to various aspects of arbitration. This new literature in the legal field serves as notice to the practitioner and to the law student that arbitration has come of age. The editors of the Vanderbilt Law Review and the faculty of the Law School are, therefore, …


Some Comments On Arbitration Legislation And The Uniform Act, Maynard E. Pirsig Jun 1957

Some Comments On Arbitration Legislation And The Uniform Act, Maynard E. Pirsig

Vanderbilt Law Review

Common-law arbitration rests upon a voluntary agreement of the parties to submit their dispute to an outsider. The submission agreement may be oral and may be revoked at any time before the rendering of the award. The tribunal, permanent or temporary, may be composed of any number of arbitrators. They must be free from bias and interest in the subject matter and may not be related by affinity or consanguinity to either party. The arbitrators need not be sworn. Only existing disputes may be submitted to them. The parties must be given notice of hearings and are entitled to be …