The Regulation of International Commercial Arbitration: Arbitrators’ Duties and the Emerging Arbitral Market by João Ilhão Moreira | 2026

The Regulation of International Commercial Arbitration: Arbitrators’ Duties and the Emerging Arbitral Market by João Ilhão Moreira | 2026

This book explores the regulation of international commercial arbitrators, a distinctive group of professionals whose governance differs from that of more traditionally organised professions such as accountants, lawyers, and doctors. It examines the reasons behind this unique regulatory framework and argues that, despite the absence of conventional professional structures, international commercial arbitrators operate within an effective system that oversees their conduct.

The book analyses the various factors that shape the development and enforcement of professional standards in international commercial arbitration. It explains how the characteristics of the arbitral market encourage the emergence of ethical norms, even without the formal institutions typically responsible for regulating professional behaviour in other fields. Furthermore, it discusses how market dynamics and social expectations generally motivate arbitrators to adhere to these standards. Lastly, the book considers how this regulatory framework helps explain some of arbitration's commonly identified shortcomings, including increasing procedural costs and concerns over the fairness of arbitrator appointments.

Table of contents of The Regulation of International Commercial Arbitration: Arbitrators’ Duties and the Emerging Arbitral Market by João Ilhão Moreira:

1. Introduction
2. The Emergence of International Commercial Arbitration and the Modern Arbitrator
3. International Commercial Arbitration as a Market
4. The Unique 'Regulation' of International Commercial Arbitrators
5. The Creation of Professional Norms Applicable to Arbitrators
6. The Regulatory Norms Applicable to International Commercial Arbitrators
7. Arbitrators' Compliance with Professional Norms
   
8. Enforcement of Arbitrators' Professional and Ethical Rules
9. Reframing the Growing Pains of Commercial Arbitration: Regulatory Challenges and Achievements
   

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