The specificity of international arbitration: the case for FAA reform.(Federal Arbitration Act)

From: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
   I.  INTRODUCTION 
  II.  THE ARCHITECTURE OF AMERICAN ARBITRATION 
       LAW 
 
       A. Scope of the Federal Arbitration Act 
       B. The Need for a New Statute 
       C. Manifest Disregard of the Law 
          1. The Wilko Dictum 
          2. Westerbeke v. Daihatsu 
 III.  THE SPECIFICITY OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION 
       A. Arbitration's Role in Cross-Border 
          Transactions 
       B. What Makes Arbitration International? 
  IV.  JUDICIAL SCRUTINY OF AWARDS 
       A. Statute, Treaty, and Public Policy 
       B. Why, When, and How Courts ...

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