Contemporary issues in international arbitration and mediation : the Fordham papers 2011 / Arthur W. Rovine, editor.

'This volume constitutes the papers of the Seventh [i.e. sixth] Annual Fordham Law School Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation.'p. [v].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

American exceptionalism in international arbitration / George A. Bermann -- A systemic perspective of the foreign investment dispute settlement system: feedback, adaptation and stability / R. Doak Bishop and Margrete Stevens -- Expropriation by courts : is it expropriation or denial of justice? / Alexis Mourre -- Ad hoc or ad arbitrium? An audit of recent ICSID annulment decisions / Lucy F. Reed and Giorgio Francesco Mandelli -- Class arbitration in the United States : is it gone? / Gerald Aksen -- Maximizing possibilities for joinder in international arbitration / James E. Castello and Rocio Digon -- Groups of companies and groups of contracts : a general introduction / Bernard Hanotiau -- The implications of the Dallah case for international commercial arbitration / Julian D.M. Lew -- Adam, how about a second bite at the apple? Revisiting the need for uniformity in the application of res judicata to international commercial and treaty-based arbitration / Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga -- The 2012 ICC Rules of arbitration / Jason A. Fry and Victoria Shannon -- The proposed arbitration provisions in the recast of regulation 44/2001 / Catherine Kessedjian -- The revised IBA rules on the taking of evidence / David W. Rivkin -- The restatement as'new rules' / Catherine A. Rogers -- The 2010 revision of the UNCITRAL arbitration rules / Arthur W. Rovine -- BRICs, not CRIBs : the'rebalancing' of international arbitration / Grant Hanessian -- Current framework of international arbitration in Brazil / Joaquim Tavares de Paiva Muniz -- Arbitration in Russia : hot topic in a cold winter / Roman Khodykin -- Recent Indian developments relating to international arbitration / Zia Mody and Shreyas Jayasimha -- Notable characteristics of arbitration in China / Andrew Aglionby -- Hawking our wares in the marketplace of values : sell quality not cost when promoting mediation; the interplay of global norms of justice and harmony in the mediation forum / Simeon H. Baum -- The neurophysiology of ADR and process design : a new approach to conflict prevention and resolution? / Jeremy Lack -- Resolving and settling claims in the financial services industry through mediation : an international perspective / Joseph T. McLaughlin -- Evolving paths to justice : assessing the EU Directive on mediation / Jacqueline Nolan-Haley -- Commercial mediation : a further legacy of the Northern Ireland Good Friday Agreement? / Brian H. Speers and Colin Caughey -- Consensus arbitration : benefits and application in modern international arbitration and family law / Nathan Witkin -- Mediation : geography and institutions / Francesca De Paolis.