The Practice of Arbitration : Essays in Honour of Hans Van Houtte (Hardcover)

Professor Hans van Houtte: A Short Biographical Sketch [the editors] Professor Hans van Houtte: A View from the Workfloor [the editors] Fusion of Common Law and Civil Law Traditions in International Arbitration Julian DM Lew I The Arbitrator 1 The Regionalisation of International Arbitration: Maintaining International Standards in Appointing Arbitrators A Comment on Jivraj v Hashwani C Mark Baker and Lucy Greenwood 2 Sailing the Waters: The Need for Good Navigation, the Right Decision and the Requirement of Confidence A Comment on Republic of Mauritius v United Kingdom O.L.O. de Witt Wijnen 3 Impartiality and Independence of the Arbitrator. A View from Brussels A Comment on Republic of Poland v Eureko BV et al Francoise Lefevre and Nicolas Resimont 4 On Shifting Players and Roles in the Process of Challenging Arbitrators A Comment on Sundra Rajoo v Mohamed Abd Majed and Persuatan Penapis Minyak Swait Malaysia (Poram) Tibor Varady 5 Equality of Information and Impartiality of the Arbitrator A Comment on Adrian Mutu v Chelsea Football Club Limited - Decision of the Swiss Federal Tribunal of 10 June 2010 Georg von Segesser 6 Qualified Investment Arbitrators? A Comment on Arbitrators in Investment Arbitrations Albert Jan van den Berg II The Arbitral Process 7 Force Majeure in International Contract Law A Comment on National Oil Corporation v Sun Oil Klaus Peter Berger and Olivia Johanna Erdelyi 8 Setting Aside an Arbitral Award for Misconduct of the Arbitrator A Comment on Galway City Council v Samuel Kingston Construction Ltd and Geoffrey F Hawker Nael G Bunni 9 The European Court of Human Rights and Interim Measures Ordered by an Arbitral Tribunal 87 A Comment on Micallef v Malta Luc Demeyere 10 Arbitration Pending under the EU Insolvency Regulation A Comment on Syska v Vivendi Dirk de Meulemeester 11 A Troubling Decision for the Construction Industry: The Persero Case A Comment on CRW Joint Operation v PT Perushahaan Gas Negara (Persero) Paul-A Gelinas 12 An Attempt at an Innovative Arbitral Solution A Comment on a Dispute over a Consignment of Beans Lord David Hacking 13 Back to Basics. Or Why the So-called 'Group of Companies Doctrine' Should Be Disregarded Once and for All A Comment on Dow Chemical v Isover Saint Gobain Bernard Hanotiau and Barbara Den Tandt 14 Arbitration and Insolvency A Comment on Elektrim v Vivendi (Switzerland) Wolfgang Kuhn 15 Is Vivendi Good Law in Switzerland? Distinguishing a Not-so-Distinguished Judgment A Comment on Elektrim v Vivendi (Switzerland) Pierre A Karrer 16 Institutional Arbitration Rules: Do They Deserve More Deference from the Judiciary? 149 Comments on Tecnimont and other cases Alexis Mourre 17 Nailing Corruption: Thoughts for a Gardener A Comment on World Duty Free Company Ltd v The Republic of Kenya Sophie Nappert 18 The Politics of Class Action: Jurisdiction, Fairness and Vindication of Rights A Comment on Stolt-Nielsen SA v AnimalFeeds Intl Corp and AT&T Mobility LLC v Concepcion William W Park 19 Liability of Arbitral Institutions in International Arbitration A Comment on Societe Filature Francaise de Mohair v Federation Francaises des Industries Lainieres et Cotonnieres Charles Price 20 The Arbitrability of Intra-corporate Disputes in a German GmbH A Comment on OLG Frankfurt am Main, 2010 Hilmar Raeschke-Kessler 21 Theory and Practice: The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal and Revision of Awards A Comment on Islamic Republic of Iran and United States of America Decision No DEC 134-A3/A8/A9/A14/B61-FT Vera van Houtte-van Poppel 22 The Scrutton Award on Interest (1883) A Comment on Parthenia M/S v The Executors of the Late Ralph Firbank VV Veeder 23 Arbitration of Distribution Disputes Revisited A Comment on Sebastian International Inc v Common Market Cosmetics NV Patrick Wautelet 24 The Arbitrability of Agency Agreements A Comment on Air Transat AT Inc v Air Agencies Belgium Didier Matray and Francoise Vidts III Arbitration and International Law 25 BITs and EU Law: The Next Round A Comment on European Commission v Slovak Republic Christoph Liebscher 26 The CME/Lauder Saga - or Pragae Caemeterium? A Tale of Two Parallel Investment Treaty Arbitrations A Comment on CME Czech Republic BV v Czech Republic and Lauder v Czech Republic Kaj Hober 27 The Methanex Arbitration The Elaboration of a Legal Standard on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration A Comment on Methanex v United States Herman Verbist 28 Glimpses of International Humanitarian Law in International Claims: Three Early Cases A Comment on Claim of Heirs of Jules Brun et al John R Crook and Lucy F Reed IV Arbitration and European law 29 The Prospects of Eco Swiss v Benetton for International Commercial Arbitration A Comment on Eco Swiss v Benetton George A Bermann 30 Arbitration in the Crosshairs of EC Regulation No 44/2001: West Tankers and its Legacy A Comment on Allianz SpA and Generali Assicurazioni Generali SpA v West Tankers Inc Johan Erauw and Clive Rommelaere