Research Guides: Alternative Dispute Resolution Research: Arbitration

Arbitration

Arbitration is a common method of dispute resolution that is used by contracting parties. If a contract has an arbitration clause and a dispute arises, a neutral arbitrator can issue legally-enforceable resolution to the dispute (an arbitration award).

Advantages to arbitration include preserving confidentiality, saving legal fees, and, potentially, more limited discovery than a court trial.

Important Note:
The law library has a separate research guide for international commercial arbitration research. This guide includes instructions for using arbitration databases like Kluwer Arbitration, Investor-State Law Guide, Juris' Arbitration.com, and others.

Arbitration Books

Below is a list of selected books on arbitration.

Note: Books in the law library are organized by subject. Browse the shelves near the books listed below to find related titles.

Arbitration and the Constitution by Peter B. Rutledge
Call Number: K2400 .R88 2013
Arbitration in a Nutshell by Thomas E. Carbonneau
Call Number: KF9085 .C365x 2012
Handbook on Arbitration Practice by American Arbitration Association
Call Number: KF9085 .H355 2010x
The Law and Practice of Arbitration (5th ed., 2014) by Thomas E. Carbonneau
Call Number: KF9085 .C37 2014
Russell on Arbitration by Francis Russell, edited by David St. John Sutton et al.
Call Number: KD7645 .R87 2007x

Note: This treatise deals primarily with UK arbitration law. It is also available in Westlaw.

Arbitration Journals and Periodicals

Below is a list of selected arbitration journals.

Electronic Materials for Arbitration Research

Arbipedia Arbitration Database
Free online database of international arbitration cases and articles.
Country Guides for Arbitration (International Bar Association Arbitration Committee)
Guide to law and practice of arbitration in several countries around the world.
Getting the Deal Through: Arbitration
Database of international comparative guides to law and regulation.
International Bar Association Arbitration Committee
Information about laws, practice and procedures relating to the arbitration of transnational disputes.
Introduction to Arbitration (American Arbitration Association)
Overview of arbitration and the arbitration process, including selecting an arbitrator, participating in hearings, and understanding the arbitration award.
Introduction to ICC Arbitration (International Chamber of Commerce (ICC))
Describes how arbitration is used to resolve parties' commercial disputes under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce and its court, the International Court of Arbitration (ICA).
KluwerArbitration
KluwerArbitration is a valuable database of arbitration-related materials, including practice tools, treatises, journals, and jurisdiction-specific materials from around the world.
SCOTUSBlog Online Symposium: Arbitration and the Court
This is a collection of postings from 2011 by SCOTUSBlog contributors about the topic of arbitration, focusing specifically on the 2011 Supreme Court case of AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion.
What is Arbitration? (World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO))

Uniform Arbitration Act

The Uniform Laws Annotated (ULA) includes two model acts on arbitration, the Uniform Arbitration Act of 1956 and the Uniform Arbitration Act of 2000. These links will take you directly to those acts in the ULA in WestlawNext (user credentials required).

To see how and when these acts have been adopted in various U.S. jurisdictions, click the Refs and Annos link in the table of contents.

The HLSL collection also has the ULA in print format.

VIS Arbitration Moot

Books on the VIS Arbitration Moot
Click this link to view materials held by the library that discuss the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition.