Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Table of Citations
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Formation and Transformation of the Status of International and Domestic Arbitration in the United States
- 3 Wilko v. Swan, Scherk v. Alberto-Culver, and Mitsubishi v. Soler: Crafting a Level Playing Field
- 4 Procedural Change and 28 U.S.C. §1782: The Taking of Evidence v. Common Law Discovery
- 5 The Gathering of Evidence v. Common Law Discovery
- 6 What Has Really Happened? The Effects of a Trilogy Examined
- 7 The New Unorthodox Conception of Common Law Discovery in International Arbitration
- 8 And Now How Do We Avoid 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 in International Commercial Arbitration?
- 9 Perjury & Arbitration: The Honor System Where the Arbitrators Have the Honor and the Parties Have the System
- 10 Developments in the Apportionment of Jurisdiction Between Arbitrators and Courts Concerning the Validity of a Contract Containing an Arbitration Clause, and Transformations Regarding the Severability Doctrine
- 11 U.S. Arbitration Law and Its Dialogue with the New York Convention: The Development of Four Issues
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Duelo a Garrotazos
- Appendix B Selected Cases
- Appendix C The New York Convention, The Federal Arbitration Act, and 28 U.S.C. §1782
- Appendix D Amendments to 28 U.S.C. §1782
- Appendix E Selected Rules of Civil Procedure
- Appendix F Geneva Convention of 1927
- Appendix G Selections from the Legislative History of the Federal Arbitration Act
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Table of Citations
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Formation and Transformation of the Status of International and Domestic Arbitration in the United States
- 3 Wilko v. Swan, Scherk v. Alberto-Culver, and Mitsubishi v. Soler: Crafting a Level Playing Field
- 4 Procedural Change and 28 U.S.C. §1782: The Taking of Evidence v. Common Law Discovery
- 5 The Gathering of Evidence v. Common Law Discovery
- 6 What Has Really Happened? The Effects of a Trilogy Examined
- 7 The New Unorthodox Conception of Common Law Discovery in International Arbitration
- 8 And Now How Do We Avoid 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 in International Commercial Arbitration?
- 9 Perjury & Arbitration: The Honor System Where the Arbitrators Have the Honor and the Parties Have the System
- 10 Developments in the Apportionment of Jurisdiction Between Arbitrators and Courts Concerning the Validity of a Contract Containing an Arbitration Clause, and Transformations Regarding the Severability Doctrine
- 11 U.S. Arbitration Law and Its Dialogue with the New York Convention: The Development of Four Issues
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Duelo a Garrotazos
- Appendix B Selected Cases
- Appendix C The New York Convention, The Federal Arbitration Act, and 28 U.S.C. §1782
- Appendix D Amendments to 28 U.S.C. §1782
- Appendix E Selected Rules of Civil Procedure
- Appendix F Geneva Convention of 1927
- Appendix G Selections from the Legislative History of the Federal Arbitration Act
- Index
Summary
In the Museo del Prado there hangs a masterful work by Francisco De Goya entitled “Duelo a Garrotazos,” meaning “Duel with Clubs.” This canvas is arresting and foreboding. Set in the context of a stark sunset, two men face one another, both buried knee high so as to preclude any hope of escape, armed with clubs that are being swung in each other's direction. Their inability to dodge blows or otherwise flee from the deadly contest is underscored by the sense of rigidity arising from being “planted.” The menacing intuition in the spectator of lethal harm is eloquently spawned by the outstretched clubs that inevitably find their immovable, fixed targets. Pursuant to this methodology, the underlying dispute shall somehow be settled and the particular conflict resolved by agreement of the parties, without state intervention or furtherance of national social policies incident to otherwise dispositive judicial recourse.
Domestic and international institutional arbitration in the United States, much like Goya's “alternative dispute resolution” depicted in “Duel with Clubs,” was perceived by commentators, the judiciary, practitioners, and captains of industry as a blunt and imprecise methodology for dispute resolution. In addition to finding arbitral proceedings bereft of the expertise and procedural safeguards endemic to judicial processes, arbitrators also were viewed as wanting in authority to award liquidated damages, costs, punitive damages, or attorneys' fees under most statutorily crafted causes of action, if not pursuant to all claims irrespective of normative foundation.
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- The American Influences on International Commercial ArbitrationDoctrinal Developments and Discovery Methods, pp. 1 - 5Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009