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The article addresses a current WTO dispute between the United States and the European Communities on selected customs matters. The article discusses the necessity for a uniform WTO agreement on trade facilitation, as well as analyzes the apparent inconsistency between the General Agreement on...
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This paper gives an overview of the annulment (setting-aside) mechanism in international commercial arbitration. It explores the 'prevailing consensus' on the annulment criteria in the UNCITRAL Model Law and some of the more common deviations from such consensus present in contemporary national...
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Today, binding arbitration procedures are employed in a wider variety of contracts than at any time in our nation's history, and arbitration has become a wide-ranging surrogate for court trial of civil disputes. As a result, arbitration is subjected to unprecedented stresses and strains, and it...
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A detailed comparison in spreadsheet format of the arbitration rules of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the London Court of International Arbitration...
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In the United States private contracts are policed using a combination of statutory prohibitions and the doctrine of unconscionable contracts. With the exception of Australia and perhaps Canada, in this the United States stands alone, For the rest of the world, including common law jurisdictions...
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Arbitration has grown rapidly during the past 20 years. Particularly notable and problematic is the rapid onset of new or mass arbitration that has resulted from the judiciary's modern favorable attitude toward enforcement of arbitration clauses, even those imposed upon consumers, employees,...
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Although designed to resolve private disputes, usually commercial in nature, arbitration may nevertheless encounter during its course allegations of impropriety and criminal behaviour. In the context of international commercial arbitration, the most common of those are allegations of bribery....
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is article describes the legal issues of the development and use of electronic arbitration systems as an alternative method of dispute resolution. E-arbitration and arbitration are interrelated concepts, but electronic arbitration aligns with the trends of deformalized arbitration. Despite the...
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There is an interesting exception to businesses’, employers’, and service providers’ seemingly universal embrace of arbitration processes, particularly mandatory pre-dispute arbitration. Although it may be difficult to believe given arbitration’s current popularity, not everyone requires...
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Conflict is an inevitable facet of international relations. As much as the nations of the world work harmoniously in order to achieve their mutual interest, they also disagree as they strive to protect and preserve their individual national interests. Where conflict is inevitable and is part of...
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