The problem of "creeping legalism," or incremental formalism, in grievance arbitration cases has been a continuing refrain in legal literature; however, until now empirical research concerning this problem has been scant. This study provides the most comprehensive and thorough analysis to date...

Generally speaking, each individual jurisdiction has adopted its own approach concerning the rules on the determination of the governing law applicable in proceedings in international matters. In the international practice, arbitral panels usually distinguish four relatively autonomous areas...

In resolution of international contract disputes, arbitrators may sometimes show greater fidelity than courts to the parties' intentions and established rule of a chosen law, foregoing any policy-making function similar to that sometimes asserted by common law judges. In adjusting international...

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...

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...

References to culture are becoming more common in New Zealand’s dispute resolution statutory regimes. The most recent being, the proposed Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill 2016 (NZ). This welcome development creates challenges for the mediation community. If culture is to be included in these regimes...

Despite a longstanding strategy employed by labor unions of staying out of the handling of statutory employment claims, this article suggests a framework and a rationale for unions to embrace arbitration of race discrimination disputes by analyzing the results from two key 2010 Supreme Court...