Subjects:

Arbitration and Dispute Resolution

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

Authors Note

Acronyms and Abbreviations

PART I: OVERVIEW OF DISPUTE AVOIDANCE AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

1 Introduction

2 Dispute Avoidance

3 Dispute Resolution

4 International Conventions Dealing with Dispute Resolution

PART II: SUPRANATIONAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION

5 Introduction

6 International Law and the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

7 Territorial Disputes

8 Maritime Delimitation Disputes and the Law of the Sea Convention 1982

9 Investor-State Disputes and Investment Treaty Arbitration

PART III: SUPRANATIONAL DISPUTES RESOLUTION BODIES

10 Introduction

11 International Court of Justice

12 Permanent Court of Arbitration

13 International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea and Dispute Settlement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

14 The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

PART IV: INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION

15 Introduction

16 Litigation

17 International Commercial Arbitration

18 International Commercial Arbitral Institutions and Other International Bodies

19 Alternative Dispute Resolution

20 Expert Determination

PART V: THE ELECTRONIC ERA

21 Introduction

22 The Emergence of Online Dispute Resolution

23 The ICC DOCDEX System

24 The WIPO Domain Name Dispute Resolution System

25 Future Development of Online Dispute Resolution

PART VI: EPILOGUE

26 Summary—

And a Look Into the Future

List of Cases and Arbitral Awards

List of Websites

Index

About the Author

List of Boxes

An overview of international dispute settlement and resolution, especially in the fields of trade and commerce, investment, and intellectual property, the author looks at five key topics: supranational disputes; supranational dispute resolution bodies; international commercial dispute resolution; institutions concerned with dispute resolution in international trade and commerce; and online dispute resolution.

Connerty, an English barrister with particular expertise in the field of international arbitration, introduces each topic, illustrating it by decisions of the International Court of Justice, Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, and decisions of national courts. He also gives suggestions for sources for more detailed study in each topic area.

The book will be of interest to all those who need to understand international dispute settlement processes and institutions, including lawyers involved in any aspect of international dispute settlement and resolution, senior government law officers concerned to understand dispute resolution options and institutions, and students of political science and international relations with an interest in international dispute resolution