This book comprises four chapters. The first lays out the essential set of information
the reader needs to know before getting into the details of this study,
including an introduction to the Egyptian legal system, particularly arbitration, and
a comparative overview of confidentiality in various legal systems. Chapter 2
examines the extent to which arbitration is confidential, or deemed to be so, in the
Egyptian arbitration law, the perception of the legal community (attorneys, judges,
law professors, and arbitration institutes personnel), and the relevant modern
practices. Chapter 3 examines the relation between arbitration and the judicial
system and the extent to which the former should borrow its rules from the latter
(particularly publicity and the rule of public trial). The fourth, and final chapter,
addresses the issue of privacy and confidentiality in the broader context of the
Egyptian legal system. Its main focus is the right to privacy, as a constitutional
right, and how is it interpreted in the various laws of Egypt.
Confidentiality is fascinating especially when considered