Arbitration and Contract Law

Abstract

This book deals with the contractual platform for arbitration and the application of contractual norms to the parties' dispute. Arbitration and agreement are inter-linked in three respects: (i) the agreement to arbitrate is itself a contract; (ii) there is scope (subject to clear consensual exclusion) in England for monitoring the arbitral tribunal's fidelity and accuracy in applying substantive English contract law; (iii) the subject-matter of the arbitration is nearly always a ℓ́ℓcontractualℓ́ℓ matter. These three elements underlie this work. They appear as Part I (arbitration is founded on agreement), Part II (monitoring accuracy), Part III (synopsis of the English contractual rules frequently encountered within arbitration). The book will be a useful resource to foreign lawyers or English non-lawyers, English lawyers seeking a succinct discussion, and to arbitral tribunals. Preface -- Part I -- Arbitration: A Consensual Process -- 1. The Landscape of International Commercial Arbitration -- 2. Arbitration Agreements: Validity and Interpretation -- 3. The `Seat' and the Laws Affecting the Arbitration -- 4. Upholding the Agreement to Arbitrate -- 5. Appointing the Tribunal -- 6. The Tribunal's Integrity: Impartiality and Procedural Responsibilities -- 7. Confidentiality and the Arbitral Process -- Part II -- Monitoring the Tribunal's Application of Contract Law -- 8. Awards Disclosing Errors of English Law -- 9. Refusal to Give Effect to Foreign Awards -- Part III -- Central Contractual Doctrines -- 10. Sources and General Principles of English Contract Law -- 11. Validity -- 12. Misrepresentation and Coercion -- 13. Terms and Variation -- 14. Interpretation of Written Contracts -- 15. Breach -- 16. Frustration and Termination by Notice -- 17. Remedies for Breach of Contract -- Index.