Introduction

In this memorial essay in honour of Thomas Wälde (whom I had known for nearly 20 years), I will address two related areas of common interest in respect of which we had exchanged views on several occasions (mainly off-line), sharing broadly common conclusions. I learned a great deal from such interchanges and am grateful for the honour and privilege of this opportunity to try to preserve in print matters where I benefited from his intellect and his wisdom. First, we refer today to Dispute Resolution, principally in the context of arbitration, but also in the context of ...