Resumo:Confronta os procedimentos adotados pela common e civil law.

Sumário:Fact-finding : the common law orientation and the art of cross-examination : The common law-civil law divide. "Americanization"of arbitration -- The structure of questioning : Cross-examination procedural rules : ICC; Uncitral; ICSID; LCIA; AAA; IBA. Written witness statements. Confrontation testimony. Expert witnesses. Parties as witnesses -- Strategies and challenges to using cross-examination techniques in international arbitration -- Other aspects of the divergent orientation to presenting the factual case in civil and common law -- E-discovery -- US discovery in aid of foreign arbitral proceddings.