This article presents a cross cultural examination of how international arbitrators in East Asian and Western countries view the goal of settlement in international arbitration. The result of a 115 person survey and 64 follow up interviews shed light on the underlying cultural attitudes and...

This paper presents an empirical examination of how international arbitrators in East Asian and Western countries view the goal of settlement in international arbitration. The result of a 115 person survey and 64 follow-up interviews shed light on the underlying cultural attitudes and approaches...

The United States largely relies on a system of arbitration to handle retail consumer financial disputes. This approach has undergone significant challenge in recent years particularly in light of recent abuses of consumer credit arbitration mechanisms. This paper reports on the results of a...

The United States largely relies on a system of arbitration to handle retail consumer financial disputes. This approach has undergone significant challenges in recent years particularly in light of recent abuses of consumer credit arbitration mechanisms. This paper reports on the result of a...

Alongside a growing recognition that the traditional territorialist theory is limited in its ability to deal with intensifying cross-border dealings, a pluralistic converging of a multiplicity of legal orders (including domestic) to ensure the efficacy of cross-border commercial law is emerging....

Determining the appropriate venue for the resolution of financial disputes is a question that has received increased attention in recent years given the growth in financial and banking-related disputes. Within China, the general consensus has been that arbitration is generally to be preferred to...