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International Law: Specialized Sources: International arbitration

This guide lists essential sources for specialized areas of international law.

Selected books & articles

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Books, Ebooks, Working papers, etc.
Law reviews, journals, articles
International investment: Selected books & articles

Franco Ferrari & D. Brian King, eds., International Investment Arbitration in Nutshell
Thomas E. Carbonneau, Arbitration Law in a Nutshell
1958 New York Convention Guide, UNCITRAL, Shearman & Sterling & Columbia Law School
Includes case law, travaux préparatoires, etc.
ArbitrationLaw.com
Books and journals from Juris Publishing.
Bermann, International Arbitration and Private International Law
Bermann, Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: The Interpretation and Application of the New York Convention by National Courts, SpringerLink
Bibliography of recent writings related to the work of UNCITRAL
Born, International Commercial Arbitration, KluwerArbitration.com
Born, International Arbitration and Forum Selection Agreements: Drafting and Enforcing, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
Born, International Arbitration: Law and Practice
Commentary on the UN Sales Law (CISG), Kluwer Arbitration Online
Commission, Procedural Issues in International Investment Arbitration, Oxford Investment Claims
Compendium of International Commercial Arbitration Forms: Letters, Procedural Instructions, Briefs and Other Documents, Kluwer Arbitrationne Nguyen
Encyclopaedia of International Commercial Litigation. Kluwer Law International
Overview of commercial litigation procedure in various countries.
Folsom, Principles of International Litigation and Arbitration (Concise Hornbook)
General Principles of Law and International Investment Arbitration, Brill Online
Gillette, The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Theory and Practice, Cambridge Core
A Guide to the 2006 Amendments to the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, Kluwer Arbitration.com
International Commercial Arbitration, Oxford Legal Research Library
International Commercial Law, Oxford Legal Research Library
International sales law--CISG in a nutshell
Kluwer Arbitration: Books
The Pechota Bibliography on Arbitration
Continues Commercial Arbitration: An International Bibliography.
Restatement of the Law Third: The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration: Tentative Draft, HeinOnline
Stone Sweet & Grisel, The Evolution of International Arbitration: Judicialization, Governance, Legitimacy
Transnational Litigation: A Practitioner's Guide
UNCITRAL Secretariat, Gaillard & Bermann, Guide on the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: New York, 1958
Supplemented by the website below.
VIS International Commercial Arbitration Moot Course Reserve list, NYU Law Library
Westlaw
International Materials: Related Materials: International Arbitration Materials: Treatises & Journals
Zeller, Damages Under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

Research guides

UPDATE: International Commercial Arbitration, GlobaLex
By Susan Gualtier.
UPDATE: International Arbitration Between Foreign Investors and Host States, GlobaLex
By Hernando Otero and Omar García-Bolívar.
International Investment Law Research Guide, Georgetown Law Library
International Investment Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution: A Guide to Web Based Resources, 46 INT'L J. LEGAL INFO. 181 (2018)
By Caroline L. Osborne.
ASIL e-RG: Electronic Resource Guide: International Commercial Arbitration, American Society of International Law
By Gloria Miccioli
ASIL e-RG: Electronic Resource Guide: Private International Law, American Society of International Law
By Don Ford.
UPDATE: A Guide on the Harmonization of International Commercial Law, GlobaLex
By Duncan Alford, updated by Matthew Novak.
International Commercial Arbitration Research Guide, Loyola University of Chicago Library
By Julienne Grant.
Globalex: International Arbitration Between Foreign Investors and Host States
By Hernando Otero and Omar García-Bolívar.
Pathfinder on International Investment Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Web-Based Resources (June 16, 2010). Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2010-10, SSRN
By Caroline Osborne.
"Research in International Commercial Arbitration: Special Skills, Special Sources," 20 AM. REV. INT'L ARB. 119 (2009)
By S.I. Strong.
Research and Practice in International Commercial Arbitration: Sources and Strategies
By S.I. Strong.

Citation in international arbitration

Universal Citation in International Arbitration, GAR
Click on UCIA at the top of the page. Published by GAR, Global Arbitration Review
For additional citation guides, see also Abbreviation dictionaries & citation manuals.