Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers (2011)

Arthur W. Rovine has been serving as an arbitrator in international cases under ICSID, NAFTA and AAA/ICDR since he retired from Baker & McKenzie in 2005. He is also the director of the International Arbitration Conference at Fordham Law School and an adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School.

• ContributorsList of Abbreviations and AcronymsKeynote PresentationAmerican Exceptionalism in International Arbitration George BermannPart 1Investor-State ArbitrationA Systemic Perspective of the Foreign Investment Dispute Settlement System: Feedback, Adaptation and Stability R. Doak Bishop and Margrete StevensExpropriation by Courts: Is it Expropriation or Denial of Justice? Alexis MourreAdhoc or ad arbitrium? An audit of Recent ICSID Annulment Decisions Lucy F. Reed and Giorgio Francesco MandelliPart IIComplex International Commercial ArbitrationClass Arbitration in the United States – Is It Gone? Gerald AksenMaximizing Possibilities for Joinder in International Arbitration James E. Costello and Rocio DigonGroups of Companies and Groups of Contracts: A General Introduction Bernard HanotiauImplications of the Dallah Case for International Commercial Arbitration Dr. Julian D M Lew QCRevisiting the Need for Uniformity in the Application of Res Judicata in International Commercial Arbitration and in Treaty-Based and in Treaty-Based Arbitration Pedro J. Martinez- FragaPart IIINew Rules in International ArbitrationThe 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration Jason Fry and Victoria ShannonThe Proposed Arbitration Provisions in the Recast of Regulation 44/2001 Catherine KessedjianThe Revised IBA Rules on Taking of Evidence David W. RivkinThe Restatement as “New Rules” Catherine A. RogersThe 2010 Revision of the UNICITRAL Arbitration Rules Arthur W. RovinePart IVArbitration in the BRIC CountriesBRICs, not CRIBs: the “Rebalancing” of International Arbitration Grant HanessianThe Current Framework of International Arbitration in Brazil Joaquim de Paiva MunizArbitration in Russia: A Hot Topic in a Cold Winter Roman KhodykinRecent Indian Developments relating to International Arbitration Zia Moody and Shreyas JayasimhaNotable Characteristics of Arbitration in China Andrew AglionbyPart VMediationHawking Our Wares in the Marketplace of Values – Sell Quality Not Cost When Promoting Mediation; the Interplay of Global Norms of Justice and Harmony in the Mediation Forum Simeon BaumThe Neurophysiology of ADR and Process Design: A New Approach to Conflict Prevention and Resolution? Jeremy LackResolving and Settling Claims in the Financial Services Industry Through Mediation – An International Perspective Joseph T. McLaughlinEvolving Paths to Justice: Assessing the EU Directive on Mediation Jacqueline Nolan-HaleyCommercial Mediation – A Further Legacy of the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement? Brian Speers and Colin CaugheyConsensus Arbitration: Benefits and Application in Modern International Arbitration and Family LawNathan WitkinMediation: Geography and Institutions Francesca De Paolis