Arbitration: A Very Short Introduction
Arbitration: A Very Short Introduction
think. Some of the most politically sensitive disputes on the largest scale go to arbitration. Countries which need to settle their boundaries in areas of the oceans rich in oil, gas and other resources sometimes arbitrate, and much of the war in Sudan was eventually tied up with an arbitration.
Investors who have staked billions of dollars in unstable developing countries rely on arbitration clauses to protect their investments. But also much smaller, everyday cases are routinely dealt with by arbitration - millions of consumers, whether they know it or not, enter into arbitration
contracts when they conclude routine transactions. Even athletes get involved in arbitration cases of great notoriety, for instance when these relate to doping offences during the Olympic Games. This Very Short Introduction explains what arbitration is, how it works, what parties who have agreed to go to arbitration should expect, the relationship between arbitration and the law, and the politics of arbitration. It also considers where the global system of arbitration is headed. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and
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Author: Thomas Schultz, Thomas D. Grant
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 07/01/2021
Pages: 152
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780198738749
About the Author
Thomas Schultz is Professor of Law at King's College London, Professor of International Arbitration at the University of Geneva, Visiting Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and Co-Director of the Geneva Centre for
International Dispute Settlement. He is the author of four books on arbitration, including Transnational Legality: Stateless Law and International Arbitration (2014), and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of International Dispute Settlement.
principal teaching areas. As a practicing lawyer, he has served as counsel or assistant counsel in a number of inter-State cases at the International Court of Justice, in investment arbitrations under ICSID rules and in ICC commercial arbitrations.