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1 Arb. J. (o.s.) 1 (1937)

handle is hein.journals/dsptrjr1937 and id is 1 raw text is: THE ARBITRATION JOURNAL VOL. 1 JANUARY 1937 No. 1 FOREWORD WHEN the American Arbitration Association was founded, in 1926, it dedicated itself to the supreme task of advancing a science of arbitration. Although the theory and principles of arbitra- tion had long been fixed, research and experimentation and the publication of their findings, so necessary to the establishment of any science, had been lacking. In pursuance of this task, the Association followed two courses: The organization, in systematic form, of the practice of arbitra- tion which is set forth in its Code of Arbitration Practice and Procedure and other publications, an account of which appears in Mr. Odlum's article in this issue; and the systematic formula- tion of the knowledge of arbitration into a distinctive literature of its own. THE ARBITRATION JOURNAL is the logical next step in the or- ganization of this knowledge. It undertakes to hive off a sphere of knowledge, hitherto undifferentiated from the field of law in which arbitration has been submerged and from the at- mosphere of courts which has long penetrated its practice. It seeks to obtain a new focus and to paint new pictures of a some- what hitherto drab existence and to bring to bear upon the whole subject a closer observation and a more discriminating judgment. In a specialized publication, such as this, it is possible to pre- sent, in attractive detail and in systematic form, various experi- ments and to incorporate the results of research and of special studies. It is possible to encourage exploration of the past and to assemble current information and to provide for its exchange in all countries. There is afforded the opportunity to follow not only the adventure of ideas but to present some of the adventurers. In this way human knowledge will be extended and the pattern of the science will begin to take form, lifting arbitration from its narrow sphere of law, from its attributes of a panacea, and making it the servant of man's welfare and progress. Let us be more specific: By opening the archives of history, the accumulated general knowledge of the centuries becomes common knowledge. By recording current history, the simul- 1