Research Catalog

Title

Systems of control in international adjudication and arbitration : breakdown and repair / W. Michael Reisman.

Author

Reisman, W. Michael (William Michael), 1939-

Publication

Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 1992.

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Details

Description

xi, 174 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"In a world where nations are increasingly interdependent and where their problems--whether environmental, economic, or military--have a global dimension, the resolution of international disputes has become critically important. In Systems of Control in International Adjudication and Arbitration, W. Michael Reisman, one of America's foremost scholars and practitioners of international law, examines the controls that govern arbitration--a method of alternative, private, and relatively unsupervised dispute resolution--and shows how these controls have broken down." "Reisman considers three major forms of international arbitration: in the International Court; under the auspices of the World Bank; and under the New York Convention of 1958. He discusses the unique structures of control in each form as well as the stresses they have sustained. Drawing on extensive research and his own experience as a participant in the resolution of some of the disputes discussed, Reisman analyzes recent key decisions, including the 1984 and 1986 cases of Nicaragua against the United States; Australia and New Zealand's attempt to stop France's nuclear testing in Muroroa; Klockner vs. Government of Cameroon, concerning the building of a major fertilizer plant in West Africa; AMCO vs. Republic of Indonesia, concerning the construction of a large tourist hotel in Asia; and numerous others. After establishing a context for each of these cases, Reisman details the manner of its adjudication, then evaluates--and occasionally questions--the decision ultimately reached." "Systems of Control in International Adjudication and Arbitration explores the implications of the breakdown of control systems and recommends methods of repair and reconstruction for each mode of arbitration. Providing a crucial perspective, this work will be an invaluable guide to both scholars and practitioners of international dispute resolution."--Jacket.

Subject

• International commercial arbitration
• Arbitration (International law)
• International courts
• International commercial arbitration
• International courts
• Internationale Gerichtsbarkeit
• International dispute settlement
• Arbitrage international
• Arbitrage commercial international
• Tribunaux internationaux
• arbitrage international

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-166) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- Control Systems -- Judicial Control Systems -- Control Systems in International Arbitration -- Policy Considerations -- 2. International Court: The Atrophy of Informal Control Mechanisms -- Historical Background -- Restrictive Jurisdiction as an Internal Control Mechanism -- Demise of Restrictive Jurisdiction and the Rise of the "New" Jurisdiction -- Court Becomes Its Own Control -- Implications of the Demise of the Presumption of Confinement -- Breakdown of Case Law as a Control -- Conclusion -- 3. ICSID Experiment: The Breakdown of International Institutional Control Mechanisms -- Background of ICSID -- Klockner: Arbitral Review Amok -- AMCO and the Effort to Repair the ICSID Control Function -- AMCO II -- MINE v. Guinea -- ICSID Control Out of Control: Some Recommendations -- Repairing the Breach in the ICSID Control System -- Institutional Alternatives for Closing the Breach -- Conclusion -- 4. Non-Institutional International Commercial Arbitration: The Breakdown of the Control System of the New York Convention -- Public International Infrastructure of Arbitration -- Control Scheme of the New York Convention -- Forms of Breakdown of Control -- Aggravating Factor: Lex Mercatoria -- Conclusion -- 5. System and Self: Changing, Repairing, and Reconstructing.

ISBN

• 0822312026
• 9780822312024

LCCN

91033033

OCLC

• ocm24501297
• 24501297
• SCSB-1945833

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library