Volume XXXI continues the Yearbook’s tradition of providing such topical information as the following:

• the largest number of New York Convention decisions ever collected in one volume of the Yearbook 95 court decisions from 15 countries worldwide, including English translations of decisions from Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, giving the reader access to material which might otherwise be inaccessible. All the cases are indexed and linked to the General Editor’s published commentaries on the New York Convention, facilitating research on any aspect of the Convention;

• arbitral awards made under the auspices of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the German Maritime Arbitration Association, and the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI), as well as ad hoc awards, dealing with procedural and substantive issues of general interest to the business and legal communities;

• new and amended rules adopted by the International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (the Vienna Rules), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the International Commercial Arbitration Court (ICAC) of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation; and

• information on arbitration legislation recently enacted in Austria, Cambodia, Italy, and Malaysia.

A new feature in this volume is a ‘Digest of Investment Treaty Decisions and Awards’ containing a detailed list of subject matters for more than 100 investment awards. A bibliography and list of journals keep the reader up to date on relevant literature.