This volume brings together the most important articles, lectures, and essays of Van Vechten (Johnny) Veeder, a towering figure in the worlds of international commercial arbitration and arbitration between States and foreign investors. As noted by Judge Stephen Schwebel in his introduction to the volume, Johnny Veeder was unsurpassed as an arbitrator, tribunal chairman, expositor, analyst, and historian of international arbitration.
The writings in this collection address a wide range of topics in the field, including the historical context of international arbitration and its influence on the modern-day practice, the role and responsibilities of the arbitrator, and the principles upholding international arbitration. The included works span the length of Johnny's career, drawing on his extensive learning and practical engagement. They analyse the past and present while asking prescient questions about arbitration's future in a changing global context.
The reader of Johnny's essays and other contributions will profit by his extraordinary legal insight, and by the breadth and depth of his devotion to the arbitral process. The volume also gives a sense of his humanity, of his warmth and wit. Loved by his colleagues, his students, and indeed all those who came to know him, this volume is in celebration of the extraordinary achievements of this remarkable jurist, teacher, and human being.
Introduction Part I: Learning from the Past 1: The Historical Keystone to International Arbitration, The Party-Appointed Arbitrator-From Miami to Geneva 2: Investor-State Disputes and The Development of International Law, Arbitral Lessons from the Private Correspondence of Queen Victoria and Lenin 3: Inter-State Arbitration 4: 1922: The Birth of the ICC Arbitration Clause and the Anglo-Soviet Urquhart Concession's Demise 5: The 1921-1923 North Sakhalin Concession Agreement: The 1925 Court Decisions Between the US Company Sinclair Exploration and the Soviet Government 6: Lloyd George, Lenin and Cannibals: The Harriman Arbitration 7: The Lena Goldfields Arbitration: The Historical Roots of Three Ideas 8: The Tetiuhe Mining Concession: 1924-1932: a Swiss-Russian Story (Where the Arbitral Dog Did Not Bark), 9: Two Arbitral Butterflies: Bramwell and David Part II: The International Arbitral Process 10: The 'Y2K Problem' and Arbitration: The Answer to the Myth 11: The Lawyer's Duty to Arbitrate in Good Faith 12: The Natural Limits to the Truncated Tribunal: The German Case of Soviet Eggs and the Dutch Abduction of the Indonesian Arbitrator 13: Issue Estoppel, Reasons for Awards and Transnational Arbitration 14: The Need for Cross-border Enforcement of Interim Measures Ordered by a State Court in Support of the International Arbitral Process 15: The Transparency of International Arbitration: Process and Substance 16: Free Spirits - The Search for 'International' Arbitration 17: The Role of Users 18: From Florence to London via Moscow and New Delhi: How and Why Arbitral Ideas Migrate 19: Jurisdiction, Admissibility and Choice of Law in International Arbitration Part III: Key Questions for all Users of International Arbitration 20: Whose Arbitration is it Anyway: The Parties or the Arbitration Tribunal - An Interesting Question? 21: Is There Any Need for a Code of Ethics for International Commercial Arbitrators? 22: Still More on Arbitral Deliberations 23: Why Bother? And Why It Matters 24: The Importance of a Party Treating as Independent its Independent Arbitrator 25: Is There a Need to Revise the New York Convention? 26: Who Are the Arbitrators? 27: Arbitrators And Arbitral Institutions: Legal Risks For Product Liability? 28: What Matters - about Arbitration 29: Lessons for the Future from the Past: Individual Hedgehogs and Institutional Foxes
Sam Wordsworth QC is a barrister and avocat (Paris Bar) practising at Essex Court Chambers, specialising in public international law disputes and international arbitration. He is a Visiting Professor teaching the LLM investment arbitration course at Kings College, London (having taught on that course with Johnny Veeder since the early 2000s). Marie Veeder, a former investment banker, worked as an all-round assistant to Johnny Veeder for over twenty years. This included managing aspects of his practise, doing research, and often putting down on paper his extensive contributions to the world of international arbitration. Marie was his wife/partner for thirty-five years.
Reviews for On Arbitration: V. V. Veeder, Selected Writings and Contributions to the Development of Law
A must-read for all (aspiring) arbitration practitioners. * Nikos Lavranos, European Investment Law and Arbitration Review *
