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Thomas E. Carbonneau

Samuel P. Orlando Distinguished Professor of Law



 

Education:
LL.M., J.S.D., Columbia University
M.A., J.D., University of Virginia
B.A., M.A., Oxford (Rhodes Scholar)
A.B., Bowdoin

Professor Carbonneau is a scholar of international and domestic arbitration and the author of more than fifteen highly acclaimed books and seventy-five scholarly articles. His recently published works include Cases and Materials on Arbitration Law and Practice, 4th ed., The Law and Practice of Arbitration, 2d ed., and Arbitration in a Nutshell. He served as the editor in chief of the World Arbitration and Mediation Report for more than ten years and, during the Fouchard era, as a member of the editorial board of La Revue de L'Arbitrage.

As director of Penn State's Institute for Arbitration Law and Practice, Professor Carbonneau co-directs the Summer Program in Arbitration Law at the McGill Faculty of Law in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, and oversees publiciation of the Yearbook on Arbitration and Mediation (formerly the World Arbitration and Mediation Reporter), a leading international publication covering domestic and international developments in both arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. Professor Carbonneau is a former Rhodes Scholar who previously held the Moise S. Steeg Jr. professorship at Tulane University School of Law. Together with Dean McConnaughay, Professor Rogers, Professor Welsh, and other distinguished faculty, Professor Carbonneau provides our students with a superior education in the field of alternative dispute resolution.

Contact Information:
E-mail: tec10@psu.edu
Phone: (814) 863-3730
Principal Office: University Park

Selected Publications:
Cases and Materials on the Law and Practice of Arbitration, 4th ed., Thomson West, 2007, (Teaching Manual, 2008).

The Law and Practice of Arbitration, 2d ed., Juris Publishing, 2007.

Arbitration in a Nutshell, Thomson West, 2007.

Cases and Materials on International Litigation and Arbitration, Thomson West, 2005 (with Teaching Manual).

Lex Mercatoria and Arbitration: A Discussion of the New Law Merchant, Juris Publishing, 1998.

Alternative Dispute Resolution: Melting the Lances and Dismounting the Steeds, University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Resolving Transnational Disputes Through International Arbitration, University of Virginia Press, 1984.

The French Law of Arbitration, with Jean Robert, Matthew Bender, 1983.

Articles:
"Liberal Rules of Arbitrability and the Autonomy of Labor Arbitration in the United States," in The Law of Arbitrability, L. Mistelis & S. Brekoulakis, eds., forthcoming 2008.

"Commercial Peace and Political Competition in the Crosshairs of International Arbitration," 18 Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law __ (forthcoming 2008).

"Hall Street Associates, LLC v. Mattel, Inc.: A New Englander's Tale of Statutory Supremacy in Arbitration Law," 1 Stockholm International Arbitration Review 19 (2008).

"The Revolution in Law Through Arbitration," 56 Cleveland State Law Review 233 (2008).

"The Exercise of Contractual Freedom in the Making of Arbitration Agreements," 36 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1189 (2003).

"The Ballad of Transborder Arbitration," 56 Miami Law Review 773 (2002).

"Arbitral Justice: The Demise of Due Process in American Law," 70 Tulane Law Review 1945 (1996).

"The Exuberant Pathway to Quixotic Internationalism: Assessing the Folly of Mitsubishi," 19 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 265 (1986).

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