Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- From an invisible college to an ethical No-Man's Land -- Arbitrators, barbers, and taxidermists -- Attorneys, barbarians, and guerrillas -- Experts, partisans, and hired guns -- Gamblers, loan sharks, and third-party funders -- Chanticleer, the fox and self-regualtion -- Ariadne's thread and the functional thesis -- Herodotian myths and the impartiality of arbitrators -- Duck-rabbits, a panel of monkeys, and the status of international arbitrators -- Castles in the air and the future of ethics in international arbitration.

Although international arbitration is a remarkably resilient institution, many unresolved and largely unacknowledged ethical quandaries lurk below the surface. This text provides a framework for developing much-needed formal ethical rules and a reliable enforcement regime in the international arbitration system --