Thomson Reuters Specialized Arbitration – Emerging International Trends and Practices by Chirag Balyan – 1st Edition 2021

Specialized Arbitration: Emerging International Trends and Practices examines the trends and practices in the field of investment arbitration, maritime arbitration, construction arbitration, sports arbitration and online arbitration. The 21 chapters of the book, authored by leading arbitrators and practitioners, give an in-depth and critical perspective on some of the most pertinent issues in niche practice areas. This book aims to foster and enrich the jurisprudence surrounding specialized practices and areas of expertise under the genus of commercial arbitration by assisting readers in understanding the peculiarities in the substance, practice and procedure of specialized arbitration.

Detailed Contents

Section I: Investment-Treaty Arbitration:

1: Interaction between Non-ICSID Investor-State Arbitrations and the Model Law
2: Innovative Mechanisms to Resolve Investor-State Disputes
3: Anti-Arbitration Injunctions in the Context of Investment Arbitrations: The Indian Experience
4: Emerging Trends in Third-Party Funding in Investment Arbitration

Section II: Maritime Arbitration

5: Indian Maritime Arbitrations and Enforcement of Foreign Maritime Awards in India – A Practitioner’s Overview
6: Maritime Arbitration: Practice and Procedure
7: Overview of Maritime Arbitration – Issues and Challenges
8: Ship Arrest as Security for Arbitration – The Debate

Section III: Construction Arbitration

9: Construction Arbitration: Peculiarities in Principles and Practice
10: International Construction Arbitration: Experience, Challenges and Ways Forward
11: International Arbitration of Construction Disputes – The Benefits of Invoking Arbitration both Pre- and Post- Contract Execution
12: Introducing Statutory Construction Adjudication to India: Drawing from International Experience

Section IV: Sports Arbitration

13: Arbitration in Sports and Related Issues;
14: Independence in International Sports Arbitration: From Gundel to Pechstein and Beyond
15: Can Athletes Reduce Their Suspensions without Proving Source? – A Look at the Heavy Evidentiary Burden Athletes Face under the World Anti-Doping Code
16: Sports Arbitration: An Indian Overview 17: Is National Sports Arbitration the Way Forward?

Section V: Online Arbitration

18: Remote Hearings in International Arbitration
19: The Casting Spell of Artificial Intelligence on International Arbitration
20: Virtual Expedited Proceedings: A Proposal to Leverage Technology for Increasing Opportunity and Diversity
21: Covid-19 and Due Process in the Swedish Arbitration Context: Use, Misuse and Abuse; Index

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