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