Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3191: International Commercial Arbitration

This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

There is no single textbook as such for this course. Suggested books are:

  • A Tweeddale and K Tweeddale, Arbitration of Commercial Disputes: International and English Law and Practice (Oxford: OUP, 2007, paperback edn
  • GB Born, International Arbitration: Cases and Materials (Alphen aan de Rijn, Kluwer Law International 2011)
  • N Blackaby and others, Redfern & Hunter on International Arbitration (paperback edn Oxford, OUP 2009)
  • DM Lew, LA Mistelis, SM Kröll, Comparative International Commercial Arbitration (The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 2003)
  • WW Park, Arbitration of International Business Disputes: Studies in Law and Practice (New York, OUP 2006)
  • J-F Poudret and S Besson, Comparative Law of International Arbitration (London, Sweet & Maxwell 2007)
  • LA Mistelis and SL Brekoulakis, Arbitrability: International & Comparative Perspectives (Alphen aan den Rijn, Kluwer Law International 2009)

Commentaries on the Arbitration Act 1996:

  • R Merkin and L Flannery, Arbitration Act 1996 (4th edn London, Informa 2008)
  • B Harris, R Planterose and J Tecks, The Arbitration Act 1996: A Commentary (4th edn, Blackwell Science UK 2007) 

         Other Materials:  Cases available either in Born, International Arbitration (generally as excerpts) / online