ARBITRATION PRECEPTS AND PRINCILESPDF电子书下载

1.Arbitration: Its Meaning and Scope 1

1.1 What is Arbitration 1

1.2 Arbitration is Not 1

1.21 —Appraisement 1

1.22 —Compromise 2

1.23 —Mediation 2

1.3 Compromise and Arbitration Can Meet 2

1.4 A Definition 3

1.5 Commercial Arbitration 3

1.6 Voluntary It May Not Be 4

2.The Past and the Pattern 5

2.1 History 5

2.2 The Pattern 5

3.When Arbitration 7

3.1 What Issues Are Outside Arbitration 7

3.2 Factual Issues 7

3.3 Arbitration Will Not Give All 8

3.4 Litigation Should Be Sought（Another View） 8

3.5 What Issues Are For Arbitration（Another Approach） 9

3.51 —Fact 9

3.52 —Intimate Relationship 9

3.53 —Trade Usage and Custom 9

3.6 Objections to Arbitration Overcome 10

4.The Where and Expense 12

4.1 Where and Whom 12

4.2 What is the American Arbitration Association 12

4.3 Fees 13

4.4 Other Costs 13

4.5 The Cost of the Arbitrator 14

4.6 Deposit 15

4.7 Attorney's Fees 15

4.8 The Carrying in of Law 15

5.An Opening And Procedure 17

5.1 Forms 17

5.2 The Demand 17

5.3 Submission 18

5.4 Counter-Claim and Answer 19

5.5 Questioning the Demand 20

5.6 Forcing Arbitration 20

5.7 Consolidation of Arguments 21

6.Arbitrability 22

6.1 Can It Be Arbitrated 22

6.11 —public policy 22

6.12 —tort 23

6.13 —illegal contract 24

6.14 —estates 26

6.15 —matrimonial matters 26

6.16 —fraudulent inducement 27

6.17 —condition precedent 28

6.18 —impossibility of performance 28

6.19 —general release 28

6.20 —partnership 29

6.21 —criminal 29

6.22 —pre-incorporation stockholder agreement 29

6.23 —standard contract form 29

7.Law 31

7.1 Where Arbitrate 31

7.2 Statute of Limitations and Laches 31

7.3 Waiver 31

7.4 Who Must Arbitrate 32

7.41 —agent 32

7.42 —subcontractor 33

7.43 —contract assignment 33

7.44 —subrogation 33

7.45 —guarantor 33

7.46 —trustee in bankruptcy 33

7.47 —state agency or municipal corporation 33

8.The People Judging 34

8.1 The Arbitrators 34

8.2 One or More? 35

8.3 Panel Without Advocacy 36

8.4 Selection 37

8.5 Disqualification 39

8.6 Court Appointment of an Arbitrator 39

8.7 Vacancies 39

8.8 Assumption of His Task 40

9.The Beginning 41

9.1 The Locale 41

9.2 Date and Time 42

9.3 The Actual Date 43

9.4 Attorneys 43

9.5 The Title 44

10.Beginning the Hearing 45

10.1 Preliminary Preparation 45

10.2 Deeper Preparation 47

10.3 Witnesses 47

10.4 The Witnesses and the Arbitrator 48

10.5 Witnesses and Preparation 49

10.6 Exhibits 49

10.7 Subpoena 50

10.8 The Hearing 51

10.9 Adjournment 51

10.10 The Presentation 52

10.11 Procedure 53

10.12 Partial award 54

10.13 —example 55

10.14 Conclusion of the Hearing 55

11.At the Hearing 56

11.1 Conduct 56

11.2 An Absent Party 56

11.3 General Evidence 57

11.4 Briefs 57

11.5 A Written Hearing Only 58

11.6 Withholding Information 58

11.7 All is Not Lost 59

11.8 Confession 59

11.9 Speed Hastened 60

12.The Award 61

12.1 The Award Received 61

12.2 Costs 61

12.3 Conservation of Property 62

12.4 The Award Can Be More Than Money 62

12.5 Interest 62

12.6 Settlement Upon Award 63

12.7 Settlement and Fees 63

12.8 Majority Rules 63

13.Objections to the Award 64

13.1 The Award and Changes 64

13.2 The Mathematical Error 64

13.3 Dissatisfaction 65

13.4 Then What Happens 67

13.5 Confirmation 67

13.6 The Judgment 67

14.Other Points 69

14.1 Death or Incompetency of a Party 69

14.2 Appeals 69

14.3 Time for Appeals 71

14.4 Common Law 71

15.Other Arbitration Rules 73

15.1 Labor Arbitration 73

15.2 Differences 75

15.3 Accident Claims Tribunal Rules 75

16.Conclusion 77

16.1 Conclusion 77

Appendix A Uniform Arbitration Act 79

Appendix B Arbitration Statutes in the United States 85

Appendix C New York Arbitration Law 88

Appendix D Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association 94

Appendix E A Summary of Commercial Arbitration Highlights 104

Appendix F Check-List for Initiating Arbitration under the A.A.A 107

Appendix G Procedure for A.A.A.Oral Hearings 109

Index 111