Defining Issues in International Arbitration

Julio César Betancourt was admitted to the practice of law in 2001. He obtained his Master's in International Business Law from University College London, specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management, and International Arbitration. Julio César is the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators' Head of Research and Academic Affairs. He is currently pursuing doctoral studies at the University of Salamanca.

• I. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION LAW, ARBITRAL JURISDICTION, AND ARBITRAL INSTITUTIONS; II. UNDERSTANDING THE USERS OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION; III. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES; IV. ARBITRAL PROCEDURE AND PROCEDURAL MISDEMEANOUR; V. EMERGENCY ARBITRATORS AND INTERIM RELIEF; VI. DISCOVERY AND DOCUMENT PRODUCTION; VII. WITNESSES AND PERJURY; VIII. ARBITRATORS' DECISION-MAKING POWER AND ARBITRAL TRIBUNALS' CESSATION OF FUNCTIONS; IX. COSTS, FUNDING, AND IDEAS FOR OPTIMIZATION; X. JUDICIAL REVIEW, JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT; XI. PUBLIC POLICY AND ABUSE OF PROCESS; XII. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: MYTHS AND PERSPECTIVES; XIII. DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; XIV. FINAL REFLECTIONS AND LOOKING AHEAD

This is no ordinary liber amicorum. A constellation of the brightest stars in the firmament of international commercial arbitration has shone new light on a comprehensive selection of contemporary problems.