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
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
Autor: José Victor Palazzi Zakia
É indiscutível que busquemos cada vez mais aprimorar a prática arbitral de forma a garantir às partes que recorrem a essa jurisdição a satisfação de seus direitos. Não por outra razão, admite-se a utilização das mais diversas técnicas processuais com o objetivo de salvaguardar a higidez do procedimento arbitral e dar-lhe maior eficiência.
Por este motivo que também se faz amplamente aceita na arbitragem a concessão de medidas de urgência pelos árbitros,
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
Leonardo de Campos Melo [1]
Larry Pozner [2] & [3]
In our first blog entry, published on this website on September 18, 2017, we discussed whether cross-examination is a form of art or a learned skill. We clearly announced our belief: “well-executed cross-examinations are far more the product of science than of art”.[4]
Let´s now turn to the main current practices in cross-ex
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
Leonardo de Campos Melo [1]
Larry Pozner [2]
This is the last in a series of three blog entries dedicated to cross-examination within the Brazilian arbitration practice.
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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
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
Daniel Becker & Ricardo Dalmaso Marques
The use of advanced technology in arbitration proceedings has become a source of concern for many practitioners of the arbitral community. Thus, right from the beginning, it is worth highlighting that the widespread misconception that human beings will soon be replaced by robot lawyer look-alike is still far from being feasible or even desirable in many ways. Actually, even though technology has been mercilessly disrupting every indus