To arbitrate or to litigate: That is the question

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-151

  Benson, Bruce L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbitration; Commercial law; Customary law; Interjurisdictional competition; Lex mercatoria; Private sanctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005601498     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008762907114     Document Type: Article

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