Abstract | This article discusses
the use of visual aids, known as "demonstrative
exhibits," in international arbitration proceedings. This term
refers to graphical representations and other illustrative material
that enable parties' counsel to introduce and communicate the
evidence itself in a more effective manner to the arbitrators. The
author references the origins of such tools of communication in
U.S. criminal law and civil law proceedings, in which the
overarching goal is to win over the jury, and then explains that
such means of persuasion as are common practice in U.S. court rooms
cannot be transposed to pleadings before arbitration panels and
tribunals without further modifications (in that arbiters will, as
a rule, come from a different background than jury members). The
author discusses the degree to which the use of "demonstrative
exhibits" may make sense (or even be advisable) in
international arbitration proceedings, especially in cases with a
high
