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International Commercial Arbitration

International Commercial Arbitration and CISG Research

Key Search Terms

The following are useful search terms for library catalogs, databases, Google, and other search engines:

  • international commercial arbitration
  • arbitration and award

Bluebook Rules

The following Bluebook (19th ed.) rules and tables are applicable to citing international commercial arbitration sources:

  • Rule 21.5.9 International Cases in National Courts
  • Rule 21.6: International Arbitration and Claims Commissions
  • Rule 21.12 Other Intergovernmental Organizations
  • Rule 21.14 Yearbooks
  • Table T5 Arbitral Reporters

Interpreting Citations

Commonly Cited International Commercial Arbitration Sources:

  • Treatises (Bluebook Rule 15):

GARY B. BORN, INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION: LAW AND PRACTICE (2012).

  • Periodicals (Rule 16 and Table T13):

Fernando Perez Correa, Enforcement and Recognition of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Mexico, 77 DEF. COUNS. J. 384 (2010).

  • Treaties (Bluebook Rule 21.4.5 and Table T4):

Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, June 6, 1958, 21 U.S.T. 2517, 330 U.N.T.S. 38.

  • Yearbooks (Bluebook Rule 21.14 and Tables T3 and T13):

Christopher P. Koch, A Tale of Two Cities! Arbitrating Trust Disputes and the ICC's Arbitration Clause for Trust Disputes, 2 Y.B. INT'L ARB. 178, 199 (2012)

  • Arbitral Reporters (Bluebook Rule 21.6 and Table T5):

Societe Generale de Surveillance S.A. v. Republic of the Phil., ICSID Case No. ARB/02/6, Objections to Jurisdiction (Jan. 29, 2004), 8 ICSID Rep. 518 (2005).