Introduction

International arbitration is unique as a dispute resolution process insofar as it relies on the consent of parties to submit disputes not to a national framework, but to an adjudicative process the parameters of which are themselves the subject of negotiation. That such a process works cross-border, cross-culturally and in relation to complex and simple disputes alike is in part a function of the global framework established by the instruments developed by the United Nations and the UN Commission on International Trade Law ("UNCITRAL" or the "Commission"), including the Convention on the ...