Osgoode Hall Law School Library

Subject:

International commercial arbitration

Subject:

Discovery (Law)

Subject:

Arbitration and award » United States.

Subject:

Law » American influences.

Title:

The American influence on international commercial arbitration : doctrinal developments and discovery methods / Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga.

Main Author:

Martínez-Fraga, Pedro J.

Language:

English

Published:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Physical Description:

xxviii, 404 p. ; 26 cm.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521765886

0521765889

• The formation and transformation of the status of international and domestic arbitration in the United States
• Wilko v. Swan, Scherk v. Alberto-Culver, and Mitsubishi v. Soler : crafting a level playing field
• Procedural change and 28 U.S.C. 1782 : the taking of evidence v. common law discovery
• The gathering of evidence v. common law discovery
• What has really happened? : the effects of a trilogy examined
• The new unorthodox conception of common law discovery in international arbitration
• And now how do we avoid 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 in international commercial arbitration?
• Perjury & arbitration : the honor system where the arbitrators have the honor and the parties have the system
• 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
• 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 form the legislative history of the Feceral Arbitration Act.