American Arbitration: Its History, Functions and Achievements

American Arbitration: Its History, Functions and Achievements
By Frances Kellor

2000/01 - Beard Books - Law Classic
1893122581 - Paperback - Reprint - 276 pp.
US$34.95

This book covers the rise of the American Arbitration Association and the beginnings of the important role that arbitration has come to play in the commercial arena.

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Category: Litigation

This title is part of the Lawyering list.

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This book makes for interesting reading as it traces the two pioneer organizations that consolidated in 1926 to form the American Arbitration Association. The role and influence of the Association in its first twenty years of existence are noteworthy as the book covers the practice of American arbitration and the American concept and organization of international commercial arbitration. The final chapter is devoted to the builders of American arbitration.

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Frances A. Kellor, 1873-1952, is noted as a famous contributor to the study of mind and society. She was a pioneering sociologist, advocate for workers, advocate for the naturalization of American immigrants, and an eminent authority on arbitration. She earned a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1897. Her studies on worldwide issues of conflict and arbitration made her a recognized authority and author in the field. She was an officer in the American Arbitration Association and prepared the Code of Arbitration in 1931.

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xi
Part I.	Theory and Organization of American Arbitration
I.	The Historical Pattern	3
II.	The Pattern Changes in America	9
III.	The American Arbitration Association Arrives	15
IV.	The American Concept of Organized Arbitration	22
V.	The Association as a National Institution	29
VI.	The Problem of Financing Arbitration	34
VII.	Adventures in Research and Education	44
VIII.	Towards a Science of Arbitration	52
Part II.	The Practice of American Arbitration
IX.	The General Practice of Arbitration	63
X.	Civil and Commercial Arbitration	74
XI.	Labor Arbitration	83
XII.	Practice Under the Motion Picture Consent Decree	92
XIII.	Special Practice in Accident Claims Tribunal	100
XIV.	Panel Arbitrators Keynote American Arbitration	104
XV.	Administrators of Arbitration Systems	110
XVI.	The Arbitration Clause as an Instrument of Civilization	117
Part III.	American Concept and Organization of International Commercial Arbitration
XVII.	The Inter-American System	125
XVIII.	Canadians and Americans Complete the Western Hemisphere System	134
XIX.	The Unification of Law and Practice Makes Progress in the Western Hemisphere	140
XX.	The Problem of Education in International Arbitration	144
XXI.	American Action in International Commercial Arbitration	148
XXII.	American Vision of Universal Commercial Arbitration	157
Part IV.	Men and Events
XXIII.	Twenty Years of Progress	167
XXIV.	Chronology of Events	172
XXV.	Builders of American Arbitration	181
	Annexes
I.	Commercial and Labor Arbitration Rules	219
II.	Arbitration Clauses	231
III.	Code of Ethics for Arbitrators	235

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