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41 De Jure 504 (2008)
The Procedural Flexibility of Arbitration as an Adjudicative Alternative Dispute Resolution Process

handle is hein.journals/dejur41 and id is 518 raw text is: The procedural flexibility of arbitration as an adjudicative alternative dispute resolution process J Faris BA LLM LLD Professor of Civil Procedure, University of South Africa Die prosedurele buigbaarheid van arbitrasie as 'n alternatiewedispuutbeslegtingsprosedure Die historiese ontwikkeling van die arbitrasieproses het die grondslag van sy in- herente buigsaamheid gevestig. Binne die raamwerk van alternatiewe dispuut- beslegting (ADB), is arbitrasie saam met onderhandeling en bemiddeling, as 'n prim6re dispuutbesIegtingsproses beskou. Alhoewel die eksterne kenmerke van die arbitrasieproses nouliks ooreenstem met di6 van die judisi~le model, is sy interne dinamiek hoofsaaklik konsensueel. Dit is die beginsel van partyoutonomie wat die inherente buigsaamheid van die arbitrasieproses verklaar. Partyoutono- mie maak dit moontlik om hierdie proses in uiteenlopende kontekste toe te pas, en nie net in verband met kommerside aangeleenthede nie. Daarbenewens verk- laar die buigsaamheid van die arbitrasieproses die ontwikkeling van afgeleide en hibriede vorms van arbitrasie. Gevolglik kan arbitrasie, binne die bestek van ADB, as 'n probleemoplossende beregtingsproses beskou word. 1 Procedural Flexibility: Historical Dictates Arbitration is universally accepted as being an established institution of a legal system. The law of arbitration in South Africa is based on the dual heritage of English law and Roman-Dutch law but in a very specific sense: The legislative tradition of arbitration is derived from English law and the related common-law principles are inherited from the Roman-Dutch law. As far as English legislation is concerned, the Arbitration Act of 1889' is a major landmark. Firstly, it amended and consolidated all prior legisla- tion, including the provisions of the Common Law Procedure Act of 1854,' which, in relation to arbitration, was a first attempt at recognising and integrating arbitration into the legal system. The Arbitration Act of 1889 finally achieved the objective of establishing arbitration as part of the law of England.' Secondly, the Arbitration Act of 1889 is also central to the history of arbitration in South Africa since it formed the model for the statutory development of arbitration in this country. 1 52 & 53 Vict c 49. 2 17 &18 Vict c 125. 3 Parker The history of and development of commercial arbitration Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Lionel Cohen lectures, 5th series (1959) 19; Jones History of commercial arbitration in England and the United States: A summary view in Donke (ed) International Trade Arbitration (1958) 133.

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