It is essential to understand that international commercial arbitration is not a court system by another name. It is not a parallel judicial system. It is a system with roots in antiquity which grew out of the desire of those engaged in commerce to settle their business disputes privately utilizing the services of individuals possessed of the requisite expertise and in whom both parties had confidence and respect. Today, when trial counsel are confronted by ever more complex commercial disputes, and documentary records electronically stored are growing at an exponential rate, it is worthwhile looking at this system which has developed specifically to service the dispute resolution needs of the same business constituency that commercial litigators represent in court. There are features that may be adaptable now or in the future.

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