Part III Arbitral Proceedings: Establishing the Facts and Applying the Law, A Counterpoise Between Fairness and Efficiency, 4 The Four Musketeers of Arbitral Duty

During the past ten years, the intellectual activity of the arbitration community has been marked by an increased emphasis on guidelines, standards and codes of “best practices” for the conduct of proceedings, issued by groups such as the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the International Bar Association, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the American Arbitration Association (AAA). For better or for worse, these have often been called the “soft law” of arbitration procedure, as contrasted with the “hard law” of national statutes and international...