Researching International
Arbitration Law
February 22, 2011
LL.M. Research
Lyonette Louis-Jacques
D’Angelo Law Library
llou@midway.uchicago.edu
International Arbitration
Slices of the Research Pie
Rules
Cases
Treaties
Journals
Treatises
Databases
Databases
 KluwerArbitration (access via CCH Intelliconnect
“International Securities & Business”)
Books, Journals
Case-Law
Conventions
Rules
Databases
 ArbitrationOnline (Juris Publishing)
 LexisNexis
 WestlawNext
 Browse > Tools > International Materials >
International Directory > International Practice Areas
> International Commercial Arbitration
 Westlaw
 Directory Location: All Databases >
International/Worldwide Materials > Multi-National
Materials > International Practice Areas > Arbitration >
Commentary & Treatises (e.g. Redfern and Hunter)
 International Commercial Arbitration Research Guide
(PDF)
Databases
 Global Arbitration Review
Primary Law
 Conventions / Treaties
 National legislation
 International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration
(Kluwer)
 Court cases
 Arbitral awards
 ICSID Cases
 Investment Claims (OUP)
 Investment Treaty Arbitration
 NAFTA Claims (Todd Weiler)
 Rules
Casebooks
 Gary Born, International Arbitration: Cases and Materials
(Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2011)(Aspen Casebook
Series).
 W. Michael Reisman, W. Laurence Craig, William Park, &
Jan Paulsson, International Commercial Arbitration: Cases,
Materials and Notes on the Resolution of International
Business Disputes (Foundation Press, Inc., 1997)(University
Casebook Series)(with Documentary Supplement).
 Tibor Várady, John J. Barceló III, and Arthur T. von Mehren,
International Commercial Arbitration: A Transnational
Perspective (4th ed., West, 2009)(American Casebook
Series)(with Documents Supplement).
Study Aids: Hornbooks & Nutshells
 Bermann, Transnational Litigation in
a Nutshell (2003).
 Carbonneau, Arbitration in a
Nutshell (2d ed., 2009).
 Hornbook????
 Margaret L. Moses, The Principles
and Practice of International
Commercial Arbitration (2008)?
Treatises & Monographs
 Nigel Blackaby & Constantine Partasides, with Alan
Redfern & Martin Hunter, Redfern and Hunter on
International Arbitration (Oxford University Press,
2009)(5th edition).
 Restatement Third, The U.S. Law of International
Commercial Arbitration (ALI project).
 Gary B. Born, International Commercial Arbitration
(Kluwer Law International/Wolters Kluwer Law &
Business/Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2009). 2v.
Practice Materials
 Getting the Deal Through: Arbitration 2011
 Practising Law Institute (PLI)(via Westlaw)
 Litigation and Administrative Practice Course
Handbook Series
 International Arbitration (John Fellas)
 Commercial Arbitration 2010
 International Dispute Resolution
Procedures
 Doing Deals in Emerging Markets
Major Journals
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American Review of International Arbitration
Arbitration International
ASA Bulletin
International Court of Arbitration Bulletin
Journal of International Arbitration
Revue de l’arbitrage
Stockholm International Arbitration Review
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)(online via
KluwerArbitration)
Blogs, Listservs & Newsletters
 Kluwer Arbitration Blog
 International Arbitration: News, Analytics & Practice
(blog by Konstantin Pilkov, Ukraine)
 International Arbitration Committee, listserv & newsletter
(ABA Section of International Law)
 International Arbitration: Mealey’s Litigation Report (via
LexisNexis)
Indexes, Catalogs, & Bibliographies
 Peace Palace Library Catalogue
 Peace Palace Library:
International Commercial
Arbitration (bibliography)
 Law Journal Indexes
 Non-Law Journal Indexes
Arbitral Institutions & Organizations
 International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)(includes
Dispute Resolution Library)
 International Council for Commercial Arbitration
(ICCA)
 Yearbook Commercial Arbitration (or ICCA
Yearbook)
 Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
 Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of
Commerce (SCC)
 Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration
Moot Court
Research Guides
 Mark Kantor, How to Break into Arbitration: Useful Resources
for Students and Young Practitioners (2010 Revision)
 Julienne Grant, International Commercial Arbitration Research
(Loyola); Darla Jackson, International Commercial Arbitration
Research (OKU); International Arbitration Research (Yale Law
School Library)
 Gloria Miccioli, International Commercial Arbitration (ASIL)
 Stacie Strong, “Research in International Commercial
Arbitration: Special Skills, Special Sources,” 20 Am. Rev. Int’l
Arb. 119 (2009)
 Stacie Strong, Research and Practice in International
Commercial Arbitration: Sources and Strategies (2009)
 Library of Congress Classification: xxK2400, xxK7615,
xxKF9085
Questions?
Ask-A-Law Librarian
Lyonette Louis-Jacques
llou@midway.uchicago.edu