International Commercial Arbitration - 9789041127594

This two-volume work is presented as a comprehensive description and analysis of the contemporary constitutional structure, law, practice, and policy of international commercial arbitration. The volume begins with international commercial arbitration agreements, describing the legal framework applicable to such agreements, the presumptive autonomy of international arbitration agreements, the law governing international arbitration agreements, the substantive and formal rules of validity relating to such agreements, the competence-competence doctrine, the legal effects of international arbitration agreements, the interpretation of arbitration agreements, and the legal rules for identifying the parties to international arbitration agreements. It then discusses international arbitration proceedings, addressing the legal framework, the selection and challenge of arbitrators, the rights and duties of arbitrators, the selection of the arbitral seat, the conduct of arbitral procedures, disclosure or discovery, provisional measures, consolidation and joinder, the selection of substantive law, confidentiality, and legal representation. Finally, the volume examines arbitral awards, discussing the legal framework; the form and contents of awards; the correction and interpretation of awards; actions to annul or vacate awards; the recognition and enforcement of international arbitral wards; and the application of principles of res judicata, preclusion, and stare decisis. The focus throughout is on international standards and practices, with particular attention given to the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, the European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration, and the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)