Kluwer: Too Much (Or Not Enough) Spanish in International Arbitration?

Language is a form of identity that structures how we understand reality. Words reproduce norms, define boundaries, and determine, in arbitration, on whose hands the money ends. Poetry or contract, language is the civilised medium through which we express and resolve our grievances with one another. To choose dispute resolution by law is first to choose dispute resolution by words. Which language we use in international arbitration is far from a trivial question.