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Academic guide to arbitration practice in Australia. While written for students undertaking the National Professional Certificate in Arbitration and Mediation in Australia, it is also designed for users of arbitration and associated dispute resolution processes. Discusses the practice of arbitration and legal principles. Topics covered include the Australian legal system, conflict management and dispute resolution, the Commercial Arbitration Act, formal arbitration hearings, powers of the courts, and the laws of contracts, torts and evidence. Includes table of cases, table of statutes and index. Editor in senior lecturer in law at the University of Adelaide.