2006/Vol. 5 No.1 - Hamline Law - Hamline University

Article
Arbitration: The Basics
Joseph L. Daly ∗
I. INTRODUCTION...........................................................................3
II. A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF ARBITRATION ................................3
A. Historical Precedents and the Development of Modern
Arbitration................................................................................3
B. Enactment of the Federal Arbitration Act...................................7
III. OBJECTIVES OF ARBITRATION ...................................................10
IV. HOW ARBITRATION BEGINS ......................................................12
A. The Agreement to Arbitrate......................................................12
B. The Arbitration Clause ............................................................14
V. INITIATING THE ARBITRATION ...................................................19
A. Arbitration Agency or Ad Hoc Proceeding...............................20
B. Notifying the Arbitration Agency of Request for Arbitration.....28
C. Choosing the Arbitrator...........................................................29
D. Notification Requirements........................................................31
E. Scheduling...............................................................................32
F. Arbitrator Disclosure Requirements.........................................33
∗ Professor of Law, Hamline University School of Law; Arbitrator for the
American Arbitration Association (Labor, Commercial & International) and for the
US Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (Labor). © Joseph L. Daly (2006).
The author thanks Hamline Law students Michael Maza, Katie Thoennes, and Katy
Bowen for their valuable research assistance.
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