Category: Articles

Cross-Examination In The Arbitration Practice: Art Or Learned Skill?

Authors: Leonardo de Campos Melo / Larry Pozner

Francis Wellmann’s classic “The Art of Cross-Examination”, published in 1903 and still in publication, is built around a series of high profile cases in which renowned trial lawyers of the 19th Century and early 20th Century delivered great cross-examinations. Both by its title and its contents, Mr. Wellmann´s brief book helped perpetuate the view that cross-examination is an art and that it can therefore only be e

The Relevance of the CIArb Guidelines for Domestic Arbitration in Brazil

Thiago Marinho Nunes, FCIArb

PhD in International and Comparative Law from the University of São Paulo Law School; Master in Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution from the University of Paris II – Panthéon-Assas; Vice-President of CAMARB; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Professor at the Arbitration Research Center of IBMEC-SP; Independent arbitrator.

September 23rd, 2021 will be the twenty-fifth anniversary of the enac

A few short notes on arbitrator’s duty to seek a ruling on the constitutionality of laws: a Brazilian perspective

Gustavo Favero Vaughn. Associate lawyer at Cesar Asfor Rocha Advogados (São Paulo, Brazil); Master’s Candidate at the University of São Paulo; Professor, Graduate Program at Ibmec-SP Law School; ACIArb.

Arbitration and Constitution

Under Brazilian law, the Federal Constitution of 1988 is the country’s supreme law. Its purpose is to be the parameter to validate all other laws and decisions that the Federal Powers pass. The

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