and significantly performed in the United States. The contract also contained an arbitration clause, requiring that any … disputes be resolved using Sharia law as implemented through an arbitration panel. When a dispute over the ownership of funds … Texas court refused to take up the matter, and effectively upheld the arbitration clause. This paper explores the increasing …

International arbitration and, particularly, investor-state arbitration is rapidly shifting to include disputes of a … international arbitration, have not recognized the new public law context of these disputes, and have failed to develop a coherent … program launched after a massive financial collapse and has called into question the legitimacy of investor-state arbitration …

possibility of choosing the lex arbitri, as the areas that come into consideration in connection with arbitration. They include … applicable to the assessment of validity and effects of the arbitration agreement. The determination of the law applicable to the … arbitration agreement is by no means an end in itself. If we accept the premise that the validity of the arbitration agreement is …

investment treaty arbitration does not support fair and independent adjudication of the boundaries of sovereign authority and of …

International maritime industry constitutes one of the areas in which the resource to arbitration and other ADR devices …. However, international maritime arbitration cannot be approached as a unitary reality as regards those disputes referred to it … regime of arbitration agreements in the specific field of disputes arising out of the use of the ship or the carriage of …

The use of arbitration in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) enables foreign investors to sue host states for … of commercial arbitration that uphold contract law. When used to resolve disputes between foreign companies it is an … exercise in private international law. Arbitration in ISDS, however, operates at the level of public international law, because …

During the past few years arbitration has been under attack. Recent judicial decisions, newly enacted and proposed … leveled at arbitration can be addressed and, most significantly, there are practical and inescapable realities that will … ensure arbitration’s survival. Arbitration’s viability as a popular and effective dispute resolution process will continue as …