Decision-making in International Construction Arbitration

Haytham Besaiso

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English

Informa Law
30 January 2025

Project management; Production & quality control management; Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution; Construction & engineering law; Building construction & materials

Series: Practical Legal Guides for Construction and Technology Projects

This book contributes to the empirical understanding of how arbitrators make their decisions on the substance of commercial disputes arising from international construction projects. It is based on in-depth interviews with 28 international construction arbitrators and on the analysis of dozens of international construction arbitration awards. The combined experience of those who participated in the author’s research amounted to hundreds of international construction arbitrations (~ 300 cases) in addition to several hundred international commercial arbitrations.

It presents the results of the first and largest research to be undertaken in this area, and it will be useful to arbitration practitioners and scholars and to the wider audience of dispute resolution students, practitioners, and theorists. In turn, the book examines to what extent international arbitrators apply the law as the substantive norm, providing an explanation for that, and then offers insights into whether arbitrators, in fact, lean towards commercial and transnational norms to construe the parties’ contract before discussing to what extent international arbitrators take into account fairness considerations to reach their decisions on the merits of the parties’ claims. The book also examines to what extent international arbitrators apply mandatory rules of foreign law. Lastly, it provides insight into the effect of arbitrators’ background characteristics on their decisions.

Written for arbitration practitioners (arbitrators and legal counsel) and scholars, the book will be useful for both experienced arbitrators and those starting their arbitration career or studying for their arbitration qualification. It will also be useful for project professionals involved in contract management and dispute resolution.

By: Haytham Besaiso
Imprint: Informa Law
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781032299228
ISBN 10: 1032299223
Series: Practical Legal Guides for Construction and Technology Projects
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 30 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 Introduction. 2 Background. 3 Law as a Substantive Norm. 4 Commercial Norms. 5 International Construction Law. 6 Fairness as a Substantive Norm. 7 Mandatory rules of foreign law. 8 The arbitrator’s background. 9 Conclusion

Dr Haytham Besaiso is a senior lecturer in project management at the Cardiff School of Management. He teaches commercial project management, strategic project management, and project finance modules in the MSc Project Management programme. Haytham’s research interests focus on the commercial aspects of project-based work, such as project procurement management, contract management, and alternative dispute resolution. He aims to develop a niche specialism in the area of contracting and how commercial contract law relates to the project work in a commercial context.