About the Book
This leading commentary on international commercial arbitration, now in its sixth edition, is both academic and pragmatic, for arbitrators and lawyers experienced in the field. Based on the four authors' extensive personal experience as counsel and arbitrators, it covers the entire arbitration panorama, and provides practitioners with tips and tools on how to avoid common pitfalls in drafting arbitration agreements, conducting proceedings and enforcing awards.
Fully updated, with substantially increased coverage of international case law, in particular from the United States, it is a must-have resource for anyone with an interest or practice in the evolving
field of international commercial arbitration.
Table of Contents:
1: An Overview of International Arbitration
2: The Agreement to Arbitrate
3: Applicable Laws
4: The Establishment and Organisation of an Arbitral Tribunal
5: Powers, Duties, and Jurisdiction of an Arbitral Tribunal
6: Conduct of the Proceedings
7: The Role of National Courts during the Proceedings
8: Arbitration under Investment Treaties
9: The Award
10: Challenge of Arbitral Awards
11: Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
Appendices
About the Author :
Nigel Blackaby is a partner and head of the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Washington DC. Nigel acts as counsel and arbitrator with a particular focus on Latin America. He has represented foreign investors and states in arbitration proceedings under the auspices of the ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA and AAA in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Nigel is an editor of Arbitration International, a council member of the LCIA Latin
America Users' Committee and of the Advisory Board of the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. He is editor and co-author of International Arbitration in
Latin America (2003), a co-author of A Guide to ICSID Arbitration (2004) and a co-author of the fourth edition of Redfern & Hunter on International Commercial Arbitration (2004). He is an occasional postgraduate lecturer in arbitration at the University of Paris I - Sorbonne. Constantine Partasides QC is founding partner of Three Crowns LLP, a specialist international arbitration firm with offices in London, Paris and Washington DC. He has acted as counsel and arbitrator in
approximately fifty ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, AAA and ICSID. In recent years, Constantine has specialised in arbitrations in the energy sector arising under
contracts and investment treaties. Constantine co-authored the fourth edition of 'Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration', he is the news editor of the Journal International Arbitration Law Review, and a council-member of the LCIA's European Users Council. Alan Redfern is a member of One Essex Court Chambers. He has acted as chairman, sole arbitrator or party-nominated arbitrator in numerous disputes, including ad hoc arbitrations, as well as those conducted under the UNCITRAL
Arbitration Rules and under the leading arbitral regimes, including ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, AAA and ICDR. Alan is a vice-president of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber
of Commerce in Paris. He is also a non-executive director of the London Court of International Arbitration. He is on the international panel of the American Arbitration Association and of arbitral institutions in Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere. Professor Martin Hunter is a Professor of International Dispute Resolution at Nottingham Law School and a member of One Essex Court Chambers. He has acted as an advocate, sole arbitrator or as chairman or member of tribunals of three arbitrators
on many occasions. These include AAA, CDP, JCAA, ICC, LCIA. NAFTA, NAI and SIAC arbitrations, as well as arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and other types of ad hoc arbitration. He was
the chairman of the ICC Arbitration Commission's Working Group on Dissenting Opinions and Interim and Partial Awards (1985-89) and deputy chairman of the United Kingdom Department of Trade and Industry Committee on arbitration law (1990-97).
Review :
`This title is a unique tool for students of international commercial arbitration.'
Dr Ioannis Glinavos, University of Westminster
`Reflecting shifts in practice, the latest edition contains a longer section on arbitrator challenges, new sections on electronic document production, fuller treatment of investment treaty arbitration and more coverage of the law and practice of international arbitration in places such as Latin America, China and India.'
Tony Landau QC, Global Arbitration Review
`For many reasons, including improved clarity, organization, and appearance, this edition is an improvement over previous ones.'
Jennifer Duperon, AALL Spectrum blog
`The Fifth edition of this book is straightforward, well-written, and accessible and provides a practical and detailed treatment of the theory and practice of international arbitration. I recommend it to any academic library that collects in the area of international arbitration, as well as any library that serves arbitrators, counsel for arbitrations, or practitioners who employ arbitration clauses in international commercial contracts.'
Jennifer Duperon, AALL Spectrum blog
`Review from previous edition This latest edition ... makes a great contribution to the field of international commercial arbitration. It contains significant new information keeping pace with developments in this dynamic field ... It is an indispensable guide for anyone involved in, studying, or simply interested in, international commercial arbitration.'
Legal Week (of 4th edition)
`The most reliable and useful single-volume treatment of international commercial arbitration in the market today.'
Prof Richard Graving, South Texas College of Law (of a previous edition)
`For most it is the first resource they turn to and they are rarely disappointed. This edition is indispensable and improved in almost every respect.'
Journal of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Volume 68, Number 1, Feb 2002 (of a previous edition)
`Redfern and Hunter is like a good claret - it improves with age.'
Neil Kaplan QC, Hong Kong (of 4th edition)
`'It is a detailed practitioner's handbook which should not be missing in the library of anyone involved in arbitration.''
Friedrich Blasé, 4 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, Issue 1 (2000) 95-98 (of 3rd edition)
