This book contains the written contributions to the 9th conference on « New Developments in International Commercial Arbitration », organized by the CEMAJ (French acronym for Research Center on Alternative and Judical Dispute Resolution Methods) of the University of Neuchâtel Faculty of Law.

Highly qualified and experienced arbitration practitioners present some of the most significant new developments in international commercial arbitration :

Corruption in Arbitration - The Arbitrator's Duty to Investigate

Tobias Zuberbühler and Andreas Schregenberger

Contractual Issues Arising from the Arbitration Agreement and the receptum arbitri

Pascal Pichonnaz

Expert Witness : Role and Independence

Sebastiano Nessi

Review of the Recent Case Law of the Swiss Federal Supreme Court

Jonathan Baier

The German Federal Court on Treacherous Ice - A Final Point in the Pechstein Case

Ulrich Haas