Analytical Commentary to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules

The Analytical Commentary to the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules covers the following:

• Presents article-by-article commentary on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Arbitration Rules 2009  and the UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules 1980
• Aimed specifically at aiding you to understand, research and interpret the Rules
• Concentrates on the issues most commonly encountered by practitioners in the field - both arbitrators/conciliators and counsels/advisors - when dealing with the Rules
• Discusses the underlying concepts in drafting, and issues purposely left out of the text of the Rules themselves, and the “controversial issues”
• Makes reference to other arbitration and conciliation-relevant contractual rules that were influenced by UNCITRAL
• Covers the application of the Rules by tribunals such as the Iran-US Tribunal, in investment arbitration, etc
• Includes worldwide case law on interpretation of the Rules
• The author was a member of the UNCITRAL Working Group that drew up the revised Arbitration Rules