Reviews of Gary Born’s International Commercial Arbitration: “an unparalleled
book on the law, practice and theory of international commercial arbitration …
indispensable for both practitioners and academics.” Professor Jack
L. Goldsmith III, Harvard Law School
“Stunningly comprehensive, accessible, and bristling with insights: the
definitive text on international arbitration.” Professor Harold
Hongju Koh, Yale Law School
“[a] monumental work of legal scholarship” Professor Campbell
McLachlan, Victoria University of Wellington
“an extraordinary combination of both practical experience and academic
analysis” Professor Dr. Daniel Girsberger, University of Lucerne
“unsurpassed in the breadth and depth of its exposition and in the acuity of
its analysis. … A great achievement.” Judge Stephen M.
Schwebel, Former President, International Court of Justice
“A tour de force by one of the giants of international arbitration, which must
have a place in every lawyer’s library.” L.Yves Fortier CC QC
“This is an incredible work.” Alexis Mourre, Castaldi Mourre &
Partners
“A magisterial exposition of international arbitration, which is breathtaking
in its scope and comprehensiveness.” Michael Hwang S.C., Arbitrator,
Singapore/Essex Court Chambers
“A remarkable achievement, combining rigorous academic analysis with insights
borne from a high level practical experience.” Professor Dr. Albert
Jan van den Berg, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
“a masterwork on International Commercial Arbitration … an indispensable aid
to those involved in the practice and study of international commercial
arbitration.” American Society of International Law Certificate of
Merit (2010)
“An undisputed classic [and a] must for counsel, arbitrators, scholars and
students.” Horacio A. Grigera Naón, former Secretary General, ICC
International Court of Arbitration
"Gary Born’s latest addition to the international arbitration literature,
International Arbitration: Law and Practice, is a nice bookend to his
magisterial two-volume work on the same subject. Rather than simply condense
his 3,000 page tome into a 500-page summary, he has done something completely
different: offer a concise, ready-reference, black-letter guide to
international arbitration.
The text is brief and clear, offering a concise outline of the subject. But
the book goes further, presenting charts, checklists, tables, statistics, and
flowcharts. It is precisely the kind of book that my students would buy to
prepare for my final exam on international arbitration. It is also the kind of
book that practitioners would buy to pull off the shelf for quick answers to a
1,001 questions that present themselves in practice. If the quick answer from
this book is not enough, the footnotes offer cross-citation to detailed
commentary from his two-volume book on the subject. The aim of the book is to
introduce “the key legal principles and customary practices in an accessible
and straightforward manner, tailored to the needs of general practitioners,
law students, and others seeking an introduction to the international arbitral
process.”
If you want quick answers to common questions it’s all there. What are the
bases for holding non-signatories to the arbitration agreement? There’s a
quick checklist and a seven-page summary. What are the critical elements of
every international arbitration agreement? Another check-list with short
commentary. The entire discussion of evidence is less than fifteen pages.
Grounds for refusing to recognize an award is less than twenty pages, and the
entire subject of investor arbitration is less than thirty pages.
The closest competitor to this book is the student version of Redfern &
Hunter on International Arbitration. But the Born book is two-thirds the
size, and oriented toward black-letter law in lieu of greater commentary."
By Roger Alford, Notre Dame Law School in Kluwer Arbitration Blog February
2013