一、引言在美国联邦法律体系中,最重要的仲裁成文法为《联邦仲裁法》(Federal Arbitration Act,简称FAA)。FAA从1925年颁布以来保持了立法的稳定性,只做过几次修改。由于社会的发展和现代化步伐的加快,近年来对FAA进行修改的呼声日渐高涨,但实质性的修改工作尚未开始。在各州仲裁立法现代化的过程中,统一州法全国委员会(National Confer- I. INTRODUCTION In the U.S. federal law system, the most important arbitration law is the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The FAA has maintained the stability of the legislation since its promulgation in 1925 with only a few changes. Due to the accelerating pace of social development and modernization, there have been increasing calls for amendments to the FAA in recent years, but substantive changes have not yet begun. In the process of state legislature’s legislative modernization, the National Confer- ence Commission,