Contemporary Issues in International Arbitration and Mediation: The Fordham Papers (2009)

Part I: Investor-State Arbitration
Overview of Investor-State Arbitration: The Regressive Character of the
2004 U.S. Model BIT, Stephen M. Schwebel
The Investor’s Choice of ICSID and Non-ICSID Arbitration Under Bilateral
and Multilateral Treaties, V.V. Veeder
A Further Update on Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment—In Search of a
Constant Jurisprudence, Meg Kinnear
Annulling the Annulment: More on Contracts and Treaties, Francisco Orrego Vicuna
Arbitrator Integrity and Investor-State Disputes, William W. Park

Part II: Arbitrator Ethics
Cost Concerns in the Drafting of Arbitral Awards—An Issue of Ethics, Arthur W. Rovine
Bias in International Commercial Arbitration Versus Investment Arbitration:
Are There Different Standards? Should There Be? Sophie Nappert
Arbitrator Bias: A Russian Perspective, Ivan Marisin and Irina Sergeeva
Arbitrator Bias in Countries with No or Reduced Arbitration Tradition, Ignacio Gomez-Palacio

Part III: Damages in International Commercial Arbitration
The Problem with Damages in International Arbitration, Lawrence W. Newman
Presentation of Evidence and Legal Issues Relating to Damages: Tactics and Pitfalls, Hilary Heilbron, QC
Damages—Standards for Compensation and the Role of Experts, Richard H. Kreindler
Damages in International Commercial Arbitration: Methods of Calculation,
Andrea Saldarriaga and Mark Kantor
Compounding Interest in Interest: The Global Economy, Deflation, and Interest, John Y. Gotanda

Part IV: The Theory and Philosophy of International Arbitration
Overview, W. Michael Reisman
Arbitration, Rhetoric, Proof: The Unity of International Arbitration Across Cultures,
Lawrence Shore
Three Philosophies of International Arbitration, Emmanuel Gaillard
Is Arbitration a Service to Business or to the Legal Profession? Catherine Kessedjian

Part V: Investor-State Mediation
Investor-State Dispute Mediation: The Benefits and Obstacles, Edna Sussman
Should Mediation of Investment Disputes Be Encouraged; and If So, by Whom and How? Jack J. Coe, Jr.
Conciliation and BITs, Gabriel Bottini and Veronica Lavista
Investor-State Mediation: Is There a Future? Tillmann Rudolf Braun
Investor-State Mediation: Observations on the Role of Institutions, Margrete Stevens and Ben Love

Part VI: Mediation in the Context of Arbitration
Reflections on Culture in Med-Arb, Tai-Heng Cheng
Will the Next Generation of Dispute Resolution Clause Drafting Include Model Arb-Med Clauses? Kathleen M. Scanlon and Kathy A. Bryan

Index