Kluwer Arbitration Blog is pleased to launch with this post an occasional series offering global perspectives on approaches to teaching international investment arbitration. The aim of the series is…
The 2022 volume of the Yearbook Commercial Arbitration is now available in print, as well as online in the KluwerArbitration database. It contains 16 so far unpublished arbitral awards and 97 court…
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
Henry Spencer
International arbitration professionals are a strikingly…
A study published in 2012 revealed that only 15 arbitrators decided 55% of the 450 investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) cases reported at that time, most of them practitioners from Europe, USA or…
Almost 4 years ago, Kluwer Arbitration Blog published an article titled “The Fate of Finality Clause in Ethiopia” by Mintewab Afework, which clearly examined the parties’ prerogative to submit their…
When it comes to consent to the jurisdiction of international courts and tribunals, its understanding and interpretation raise a fundamental question – do we really know what it means? In this blog…
28 U.S.C. § 1782(a) allows U.S. federal district courts to order discovery against any person or entity “found” in the U.S. “for use” in a proceeding in a “foreign or international tribunal” upon…
After struggling with the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022 remained a period of transition for Latin America. New arbitration rules and protocols were adopted in jurisdictions such as…
The year 2022 seems to have passed in a flash, but not without bringing some exciting developments for the arbitration scene in Southeast Asia. From the Southeast Asia editorial team, here are some…
The 2022 report of Colombia’s National Agency for Legal Defense of the State (the “Agency”) provides insightful information about costs in investment arbitration (the “2022 Report”). Based on a…
