Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: Asian perspectives on arbitration -- 1 International commercial arbitration in Asia: Discursive and professional perspectives -- 2 Setting aside or non-enforcement of arbitral awards in international arbitration on the public policy ground - a regional perspective -- 3 Will the 'haves' come out ahead of the 'have-nots' in international arbitration? The structural dynamics of justice in Chinese-African commercial arbitration disputes -- PART II: Discursive practices in arbitration -- 4 The combination of arbitration with conciliation/mediation in the legislation of the People's Republic of China -- 5 Arbitration practice in India: A discursive perspective -- 6 A contrastive corpus-based analysis of Italian and Singaporean arbitration practice narratives -- 7 Arbitration discourse in Vietnam: Challenges and opportunities -- 8 Perceptual, cultural and linguistic challenges facing Japan as a site of international arbitration -- PART III: Professional practices in arbitration -- 9 Internationalisation through institutional arbitration: The Malaysian success story -- 10 Arresting the crisis of condfience in arbitration - a Malaysian perspective -- 11 Critical evaluation of arbitration in India -- 12 Arbitration rules in Hong Kong -- 13 The difcfiulties with law and language of arbitration in India : A challenge for domestic environmental arbitration? -- 14 Production and discovery of documents in arbitration in India - a comparative analysis -- PART IV: Towards an Asian arbitration model -- 15 Legalisation of international arbitration in Asia: Paving the way for cultural homogenisation? -- 16 Emerging trends in the dispute settlement mechanism in the Free Trade Agreements of China, South Korea and Japan -- Index