Reviews from the first edition: 'This handbook deserves a place ... near the writing desk of every lawyer practising in the field of international arbitration' Volker Triebel, Journal of International Arbitration 'This book should find its way to the bookshelves of internationally experienced arbitration lawyers' Christof Siefarth, Dispute Resolution This handbook provides an overview of the global framework of international commercial arbitration, in particular the New York Convention, the UNCITRAL Model Law, and international investment treaties. In addition, it offers comprehensive insight into international arbitration laws of countries covering over 60% of the global economy: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, England and Wales, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, the Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the US. The new edition includes numerous references to recent case law, material and legislative reform as well as topical developments in areas such as arbitrators' jurisdiction, the conduct of arbitral proceedings and the judicial control of arbitral awards.