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I. National Legislation

1. ( Eastern / Western) Germany
Zivilprozessordnung - German Code of Civil Procedure
German EGBGB
GIW GDR
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch - German Civil Code
Handelsgesetzbuch - German Commercial Code

2. Netherlands
Dutch Code of Civil Procedure
Nieuw Burgerlijk Wetboek - New Netherlands Civil Code ( Dutch Civil Code )

3. Switzerland
Schweizer Obligationenrecht - Swiss Law of Obligations
IPRG - Swiss International Private Law (Swiss PIL)

4. Other European Countries
Belgian Civil Code
French Code Civil
Italian Codice Civile
Czechoslovak International Trade Code
Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch - Austrian Civil Code
English Arbitration Act 1996
Danish Contracts Act
Austrian Arbiration Law 2006
Scottish Arbitration Bill 2009
Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010
Spanish Código Civil

5. (North / South) America
Sec. 4, US Uniform Mediation Act, available under http://www.pon.harvard.edu/guests/uma/
Civil Code Québec
US Uniform Arbitration Act 2000
Civil Code Québec

7. Russia
Russian Civil Code

6. Arabia, Asia and Africa
Egyptian Civil Code
Japanese Civil Code
South-African "Conventional Penalties Act" of 1962 (Wet No. 15 of 1962)
Contract Law of the People's Republic of China
OHADA Uniform Act Relating to General Commercial Law (Translation)
UAE Law of Commercial Procedure 1994
II. Conventions
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
UNIDROIT Convention on International Factoring (Ottawa, 28 May 1988).
UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing (Ottawa, 20 May 1988).
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 1969
Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods (Geneva, 17 February 1983).
Rome Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Relations of October 9, 1980, OJ EU, No. L 266
The Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital in the Arab Countries
OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. (Fulltext available at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/18/38028044.pdf)
United Nations Convention against Corruption
United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 1958 (New York Convention)
Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States (ICSID Convention)
III. Principles / Restatements / Model laws
Principles of European Contract Law - PECL
Principles of the Existing EC Contract Law (Acquis Principles)
The Most Recent Legal Principles Adopted by the Arbitral Tribunals under the Auspices of the Cairo Centre, CRCICA-Newsletter, Jan. 1997, page 2 et seq.
Code Européen des Contrats - European Contract Code
A Contract Code: Drawn up on Behalf of the English Law Commission
American Restatement 2nd of the Law of Contracts
Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
Uniform Commercial Code (USA)
IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration, 2004
Draft Common Frame of Reference (EU) - DCFR (2008)
IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration 2010
Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) - Outline Edition (2009)
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
IV. Arbitration Rules
DIS Arbitration Rules 1998, downloadable at http://www.dis-arb.de
Annex to the DIS Arbitration Rules 1998 - Supplementary Rules for Expedited Proceedings 2008
ICC Arbitration Rules 1998
Art. 7 ICC ADR Rules
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Rules
WIPO Arbitration Rules
UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules 1980, YCA 1981, 165 et seq.
CEDR Code of Conduct for Mediators and other Third Party Neutrals, available at http://www.cedr.co.uk/library/documents/code_of_conduct.pdf
ICDR International Dispute Resolution Procedures (including Mediation and Arbitration Rules)
UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976
UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2010 (revised)
Swiss Rules of International Arbitration 2006
Camera Arbitrale di Milano - Arbitration Rules 2010
V. Mediation Rules
DIS Mediation/Conciliation Rules, 2002
ICDR International Dispute Resolution Procedures (including Mediation and Arbitration Rules)
Camera Arbitrale di Milano, International Business Mediation Rules, October 2008.
VI. Research Papers
Lamaud, Emmanuel, Comparison Between the CENTRAL List and the Vienna Convention for the International Sale of Goods - Specific Topics (research paper 2006)
Yildrim, Ahmet Cemil, Equilibrio Contrattuale Nei Principi UNIDROIT e Nel Diritto Turco (research paper 2009)
VII. Historic Awards / Materials

1. Antiquity
TEXNH PHTOPIKH (Rhetorics by Aristotle), Aristoteles (ca. 329-323 B.C.)
England’s Oldest Surviving Arbitral Award (AD 118) with an introduction by Derek Roebuck
Roger Tomlin, A Five-Acre Wood in Roman Kent
Tillus Sassius v Muncipality of Histonium (AD 19)
The Bible, 1st Kings (Judgment of King Salomon), Chapter 3, Vers 16-18

2. Middle Ages
The Rôles d'Oléron - A Lex Mercatoria of the Sea? (ca. 1200)
Anonymous Writer, Colford's Collection, in the "Little Red Book of Bristol" (late 13th century)
"Kleine Schied" and "Vorausschied" (Small and Preliminary Award), both rendered by Albertus Magnus in 1252
"Großer Schied" ("Great Award") of June 28, 1258 rendered by Albertus Magnus et al. in a dispute between the City of Cologne and the Archbishop of Cologne
The Re-establishment of peace between Henry, the king of England, and the barons of his realm
Siete Partidas, Partida III, Título IV, Ley XXIII, written between June 26, 1256 and August 28, 1265
Ordinances of religious guilds, Cambridge (1388)
Historic Scottish Arbitration Act 1426
Edit de Fontainebleau, August 1560.

3. Modern Times
Vynior's Case, 8 Co. Rep. 81 b. et seq. (1609)
Malynes, Gerard, Consuetudo, Vel Lex Mercatoria or The Ancient Law-Merchant (1st. ed., 1622)
Malynes, Gerard, Consuetudo, Vel Lex Mercatoria or The Ancient Law-Merchant (1st. ed., 1622), Chapther XV
Anthony Gibson against Edward Ferrers (December 1623)
A court, holden att Boston, Novembr 7th, 1632, Records of the governor and company of the Massachusetts bay in New England. Printed by order of the legislature (1853), at p. 101 et seq.
Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland, 1638-1674
The Duke of York’s Laws for the government of the Colony of New York, 1665-1675
Historic English Arbitration Act 1698
A Treatise on the Law of Awards
A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut
Arbitration clause in The Will of George Washington (Transcription), 1799
Boretts v. Patterson
Commentaries on the Laws of England in four Books by Sir William Blackstone, 15th Edition, 1809.
DELOVIO v. BOIT et al (Maritime Jurisdiction of US Courts) 7 F.Cas. 418 (1815)
Daniel Harmer v William Errington Bell and Others („In Rem Jurisdiction of English Admiralty Courts")
Ad Hoc-Award of October 27, 1883, Owners of M/S Parthenia (Mssrs. Houlder Bros and Co.) v. The Executors of the Late Ralph Firbank
Treaty between the United States and Great Britain, 1871 (Washington Treaty)
Alabama Claims Arbitration Award of September 14, 1872
France v. Venezuela: Award of the President of the Swiss Confederation in the Case of Fabiani (December 30, 1896)
Ad Hoc-Award of March 29, 1900, Great Britain & United States v. Portugal
Lena Goldfields v. Soviet Government, Award of September 2, 1930
Re Polemis (Award: December 20, 1920, Judgment; May 5, 1921)
Goldman, Berthold, Le Monde (October 4, 1956)
Dawson's Field and Cairo Excess Loss Reinsurances (April 1972)
Arbitration Bond (i.e. Agreement) and Award