The materials noted in this section will cover arbitration treaties and agreements as well as other documents, such as arbitration rules and model clauses. The international, regional, and national arbitral institutions all have websites providing the arbitral rules (detailed information on procedures) as well as subject-specific guidelines, like the SCC Arbitrator’s Guidelines. If you are looking for model arbitration clauses, you should also check the institution’s website. While most of the individual arbitral institutions are not listed in this section, you can simply search the name of the arbitral body using Google or another search engine.
A. Web Collections
- Arbitration Law (UCB only).
- Click on "Digital Library" and select "search the datebase." Browse by title: "International Arbitration Treaties - Third Edition" or "Arbitration Rules." These sources include the text of selected treaties and rules as well as history and analysis.
- Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) Database (Pace)
- Register for access
- Text of CISG
- Annotated CISG by article
- Legislative History (travaux)
- case law
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Rules of Arbitration.
- ICSID
- Investment Claims (multilateral treaties, BITs, rules, cases, commentary & analysis, and more) (UCB only)
- ITALaw
- Jus Mundi (searchable collection of treaties and rules)
- Kluwer Arbitration (BITs, conventions, rules) (UCB only)
- Lex Mercatoria (a large collection of treaties and rules)
- New York Arbitration Convention (links to the convention, contracting parties, history, court decisions)
- New York Convention Guide (includes text of the treaty case law, travaux, and more)
- Permanent Court of Arbitration
- UNCITRAL Texts and Status (including the New York Convention, UNCITRAL rules, and model laws)
- UNCTAD
- UNIDROIT
- See "Instruments" for Commercial Contract Principles, International Sales, etc.
- U.S., Trade Compliance Center, Bilateral Investment Treaties (US and other countries).
B. Print Resources
- Arbitration Rules – International Institutions: Guides to International Arbitration (3d ed., Loukas Mistelis et al. eds., 2010— ). Contains institutional rules and commentary.
- Arbitration Rules – National Institutions: Guides to International Arbitration (2d ed., Loukas Mistelis et al. eds., 2010— ). Provides the text of more than 50 national arbitration institution’s rules, as well as background information, model clause, and other information.
- International Arbitration Treaties (3d ed., Loukas Mistelis et al. eds., 2010— ).
Contains major multilateral treaties, treaties with arbitration dispute settlement mechanisms, and some bilateral investment treaties.
- Investment Promotion and Protection Treaties (International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, comp., 1983— ). Covers bilateral investment treaties for over 130 countries.
- World Arbitration Reporter: International Encyclopaedia of Arbitration Law and Practice (2d ed., Loukas Mistelis et al. eds., 2010— ). Detailed commentary and analysis, rules of procedure, treaties and agreements.
C. More Treaties
If other treaties are required for your research, such as the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, use the sources noted below. For more information on treaty research, see United Nations Treaties: A Research Guide.
D. Comparing Arbitration Rules
