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Written by experts, this book is an invaluable introduction to the subject for students studying international arbitration, commercial law and international law, and also lawyers and the general reader. It contains a survey of the history, the main issues and the latest developments in a single, handy volume.
List of contents
Part I. The history, doctrines and sociology of the growth of transnational justice: 1. Development of the principal forms from antiquity to arbitromania C.L. Lim; 2. Dealing in virtue: A perspective from almost 25 years later Bryant G. Garth; Part II. International commercial arbitration as a transnational justice system: 3. Arbitration and comparative law Gary F. Bell; 4. Which law applies? A role for private international law? Adrian Briggs; 5. The role of the lex arbitri Giuditta Cordero-Moss; 6. Is arbitration autonomous? Ralf Michaels; 7. The future of international commercial arbitration George Bermann; Part III. Investor-state arbitration: 8. Rise of a discipline Jan Paulsson; 9. Consent to arbitration in foreign investment arbitration M. Sornarajah; 10. The applicable law in international investment arbitration Andrea Bjorklund and Lukas Vanhonnaeker; 11. The historical contribution of the world bank Olufemi Elias and Siobhan McInerney-Lankford; 12. ICSID today Meg Kinnear and Daniela Argüello; 13. The future for international investment arbitration Michael Reisman; Part IV. Inter-state arbitration and the pursuit of peace: 14. Arbitration and world peace Christopher Greenwood; 15. Inter-state arbitration: current issues and contemporary challenges Maurice Mendelson; 16. The permanent court of arbitration: from 1899 to the present Garth Schofield; Part V. Systemic, trans-substantive and new issues: 17. Regulating arbitrators and rules on professional responsibility Christopher K. Tahbaz and Natalie L. Reid; 18. Dealing with corruption Florian Haugeneder; 19. The "problem" of costs in arbitration: controlling, allocating and funding costs Matthew Hodgson and Jae Hee Suh; 20. Regression, a conclusion C. L. Lim.
About the author
Chin Leng Lim is Choh-Ming Li Professor of Law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Honorary Senior Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and Visiting Professor at King's College, London. He practises at Keating Chambers, London.
Summary
Written by experts, this book is an invaluable introduction to the subject for students studying international arbitration, commercial law and international law, and also lawyers and the general reader. It contains a survey of the history, the main issues and the latest developments in a single, handy volume.
