Advocacy & Alternative Dispute Resolution: Arbitration

Basic terms, characteristics, and issues -- Freedom of contract -- The Federal Arbitration Act -- Arbitration and federalism -- The arbitrability of statutory claims -- Securities and consumer arbitration -- Labor and employment arbitration -- The enforcement of arbitral awards -- International commercial arbitration

The development of labor and employment arbitration -- Arbitration procedure -- Variations on traditional labor arbitration -- Application of arbitration to new situations -- The legal status of labor arbitration -- The relationships between arbitrators, the NLRB, and the courts -- Judicial review of labor arbitration awards -- The "common law" of the arbitration process -- The process of contractual interpretation -- The subject matter of labor arbitration -- Arbitration of statutory rights -- Enforcing individual agreements -- Special procedural concerns

Gives step-by-step guidance on researching the case; selecting witnesses, evidence, and the arbitrator; opening statements; presenting the case in chief; rules of evidence; making and defending against objections; cross-examination; redirect and recross-examinations and rebuttal; closing arguments; posthearing briefs; and challenging the award.

Appendixes to the book include the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Labor Arbitration Rules; the Federal Mediation and Conciliation ServiceþPolicies, Functions, and Procedures; and the Federal Rules of Evidence.

Succinct, comprehensive and a practical introduction to the use of arbitration and ADR in various fields. The Handbook addresses various contemporary problems in arbitration and ADR law - such as the use of class action arbitration, the awarding of punitive damages in arbitration, and the selection of arbitrators and mediators.

DVD & accompanying discussion guide consists of 20 vignettes that demonstrate a wide range of issues of varying complexity that may arise in the context of a commercial arbitration.

Featuring scenes from a Mock international arbitration with commentaries on the issues

Demonstrating the entire process of a commercial arbitration hearing, from the panel chairperson's opening statement through parties' closing arguments.