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I. National Legislation

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

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

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

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

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
Japanese Civil Code
South-African "Conventional Penalties Act" of 1962 (Wet No. 15 of 1962)
Contract Law of the People's Republic of China
Egyptian Civil Code
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)
III. Principles / Restatements / Model laws
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
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)
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
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)

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)
"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

3. Modern Times
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)
Ad Hoc-Award of October 27, 1883, Houlder Bros & Co v. Owners of "Parthenia"
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