Introduction; Part I. Arbitration Law's Significance for International Disputes: 1. International arbitration is not only international Giuditta Cordero-Moss; 2. International arbitration and domestic law Luca Radicati di Brozolo; Part II. Ad Hoc Arbitration: 3. Ad hoc arbitration v. institutional arbitration Carita Wallgren-Linholm; 4. The UNCITRAL arbitration rules and their use in ad hoc arbitration Corinne Montineri; Part III. Institutional Arbitration: Features of Selected Arbitration Institutions in Europe: 5. Arbitration in Austria: features of the International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (VIAC) Werner Melis; 6. Arbitration in Denmark: features Georg Lett; 7. Arbitration in Germany: features of the German Institution of Arbitration Jens Bredow; 8. Arbitration in Italy: features of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration Stefano Azzali; 9. Arbitration under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce Simon Greenberg and Anders Ryssdal; 10. Arbitration in London: features of the London Court of International Arbitration Johannes Koepp, Dorine Farah and Peter Webster; 11. Arbitration in Norway: features of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce Stephen Knudtzon; 12. Arbitration in Russia: features of the International Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation Alexander Komarov; 13. Arbitration in Sweden: features of the Stockholm rules Henrik Fieber and Eva Storskrubb; 14. Arbitration under the Swiss rules Daniel Wehrli and Marco Stacher; Part IV. New Trends in International Arbitration: 15. 'Domesticating' the New York convention: the impact of the U.S. federal arbitration act George Bermann; 16. New trends in international commercial arbitration in Latin America Diego Fernandez Arroyo.