Introduction to Challenges and Perspectives of Arbitration in South East and Central Europe

Abstract

This issue of Foreign Legal Life is dedicated to the challenges and perspectives of arbitration in South East and Central Europe, with contributions on 16 jurisdictions. The articles aim to highlight the positive developments, challenges and trends in their individual jurisdictions, offering pointed discussions of the most pressing matters, but also allowing for a comparative overview of broader trends. As the contributions show, arbitration is a well-entrenched phenomenon in the respective jurisdictions, with enthusiastic legal communities and broad support from the state and courts. General and jurisdiction-specific challenges do remain, however, and more needs to be done to realize the full potential that arbitration can, if properly used, bring to local communities.