The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration by Mik... - 9781108835176

The Three Ages of International Commercial ArbitrationAuthor(s): Mikal Schinazi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108835176, 978-1108835176\nSynopsis\nDrawing on a wide range of previously unpublished sources, this unique history of international commercial arbitration in the modern era identifies three periods in its development: the Age of Aspirations (c. [tel], the Age of Institutionalization (1920s1950s), and the Age of Autonomy (1950spresent). Mikal Schinazi analyzes the key features of each period, arguing that the history of international commercial arbitration has oscillated between moments of renewal and anxiety. During periods of renewal, new approaches, instruments, and institutions were developed to carry international commercial arbitration forward. These developments were then reined in during periods of anxiety, for fear that international arbitration might be overstepping its bou.