Preliminary issues
Threshold issues for challenges to arbitration clauses
The Federal Arbitration Act, state laws, and preemption
When other federal statutes expressly or impliedly supersede the FAA's enforcement of arbitration clauses
Formation of agreement to arbitrate
Unconscionability and other contract law defenses to arbitration clauses
Arbitration clause's applicability to particular claims or parties
Waiver of the right to compel arbitration
Arbitration of claims on a classwide basis
Judicial review and effect of the arbitration award
Creditor's use of arbitration to collect consumer debts
Appendix A. Federal statutes
Appendix B. Arbitration service provider rules
Appendix C. Sample discovery
Appendix D. Findings of fact and stipulations regarding NAF ownership
Appendix E. Finding pleadings and primary sources on the companion website.