Elgar concise encyclopedia of international commercial arbitration / edited by Franco Ferrari, Friedrich Rosenfeld.

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2025.

1st edition

202480

International commercial arbitration.

Arbitration agreements, Commercial.

1. Abuse of rights

2. Ad hoc arbitration

3. Admissibility

4. Adverse inferences

5. Alter ego doctrine

6. Amiable compositeur

7. Anational arbitration

8. Annulled awards, enforcement of

9. Anti-arbitration injunctions

10. Applicable law governing the arbitration agreement

11. Applicable law, governing the arbitration proceedings

12. Applicable law governing the merits

13. Appointing authority

14. Arbitral awards, contents and form

15. Arbitral awards: requirement that they be reasoned

16. Arbitral institutions

17. Arbitral procedure

18. Arbitral tribunals, constitution of

19. Arbitration agreements

20. Arbitrators, duties of

21. Arbitrators, qualifications of

22. Arbitrators, rights of

23. Assignment of arbitration agreements

24. Asymmetrical clauses

25. Attorney–client privilege

26. Bifurcation

27. Brussels Ia Regulation and arbitration

28. Burden of proof

29. Capacity

30. Challenges of arbitrators

31. Commercial disputes, notion of

32. Competence-competence

33. Confidentiality

34. Consent awards

35. Consolidation

36. Correction of arbitral awards

37. Corruption

38. Costs of arbitration

39. Counterclaims

40. Currency

41. Damages

42. Data protection

43. De novo review of arbitral awards

44. Deference

45. Disclosure, duty of

46. Document production

47. Documentary evidence

48. Due process

49. Duly authenticated original award

50. Duty of impartiality and independence

51. Emergency arbitration

52. English Arbitration Act 1996

53. European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (1961)

54. European public policy

55. Evidence

56. Evidentiary hearing

57. Ex aequo et bono adjudication

58. Ex parte communications

59. Experts

60. Fast-track arbitration

61. Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)

62. Fees of arbitrators

63. Forum non conveniens in arbitration

64. Gateway issues

65. Geneva Protocol and Geneva Convention

66. Governmental privilege

67. Group of companies doctrine

68. IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest

69. IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration

70. IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence

71. Immunity from execution

72. Immunity of arbitral institutions

73. Immunity of arbitrators

74. Institutional arbitration

75. Interest

76. Interim relief

77. Internationality, notion of

78. Interpretation of arbitration agreements

79. Investment arbitration

80. Iura novit arbiter, principle of

81. Joinder of parties

82. Jurisdiction

83. Kaplan Opening

84. Language and arbitration

85. Legitimacy of international arbitration

86. Lex arbitri

87. Lex mercatoria

88. Manifest disregard of the law

89. Mediation

90. Multiple parties in arbitration proceedings

91. Multi-tiered clauses

92. New York Convention, commercial reservation

93. New York Convention – grounds for non-recognition and non-enforcement of an arbitral award

94. New York Convention, introduction

95. New York Convention – presumption of enforceability of arbitral awards

96. New York Convention – presumption of validity of arbitration agreements

97. No review of merits

98. Non-signatories and arbitration agreements

99. Notice of Arbitration

100. Panama Convention

101. Parallel proceedings

102. Party autonomy and arbitral procedures

103. Party autonomy and arbitration agreement

104. Procedural Order No. 1

105. Proper notice

106. Public policy

107. Publication of awards

108. Redfern Schedule

109. Res judicata

110. Right to be heard

111. Right to equal treatment

112. Rome I Regulation

113. Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration (Prague Rules)

114. Seat of arbitration

115. Security for costs

116. Separability

117. Setting-aside, waiver of

118. Setting-aside of arbitral awards, introduction

119. Setting-aside of arbitral awards, applicable law, and competent courts

120. Setting-aside of arbitral awards, grounds for

121. Settlement privilege

122. Singapore convention on mediation

123. Soft law, law applicable to procedure

124. Soft law, law applicable to the merits

125. Standard of proof

126. Statutes of limitations

127. Substantive arbitrability

128. Terms of Reference

129. Third-party funding

130. Tribunal secretary

131. Twilight issues

132. Ultra petita

133. UNCITRAL Model Law

134. UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts

135. Witnesses.

This Encyclopedia provides a concise overview of key topics in the field of international arbitration. The Encyclopedia covers the New York Convention, the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and the IBA Guidelines on conflicts of interest, party representation, and the taking of evidence. Entries also discuss alternative methods of dispute resolution, such as mediation, all stages of arbitration proceedings, including the various post-award stages, among many other fundamental matters of commercial arbitration. Examining relevant case law from major arbitration hubs, this Encyclopedia is a valuable resource for students and scholars in arbitration and dispute resolution, commercial law, comparative law, and public international law. It is also an important reference for legal practitioners and professionals including arbitrators, attorneys, judges, and tribunal secretaries. Key Features: Over 130 entries written by expert authors from across the globe. Analyses the applicable law governing admissibility, arbitration agreements, proceedings, and merits. Highlights the latest trends and developments in international commercial arbitration. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781035313525

xxii, 456 pages ; 26 cm