International Arbitration: Law and Practice by Gary B. Born – 4th Edition 2026

International Arbitration: Law and Practice, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the basic principles and legal doctrines, and the practice, of international arbitration. The book contains a systematic, but concise, treatment of all aspects of the arbitral process, including international arbitration agreements, international arbitral proceedings and international arbitral awards. The Fourth Edition has been comprehensively updated to include recent legislative amendments, judicial decisions and arbitral awards. Among other things, the book provides a detailed treatment of the New York Convention, the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, all leading institutional arbitration rules (including ICC, SIAC, LCIA, AAA and others), the ICSID Convention and ICSID Arbitration Rules, and judicial decisions from leading jurisdictions. 

What’s in this book:

This book focuses on introducing the fundamental legal principles and customary practices in international arbitration, including the following:

• legal framework of international arbitration;
• formation, validity and interpretation;
• non-signatory, procedural, multi-party and multi-contract issues;
• selection and removal of arbitrators;
• disclosure and evidence-taking;
• confidentiality and transparency; and
• legal representatives and professional responsibility.

How this will help you:

This highly regarded work that addresses both international commercial arbitration and the related fields of investment and state-to-state arbitration is essential reading for any student of international arbitration and guides practitioners through the entire arbitral process, beginning with drafting, enforcing and interpreting international arbitration agreements, to selecting arbitrators and conducting arbitral proceedings, to recognizing, implementing and seeking to annul arbitral awards.

List of Abbreviations

Preface to Fourth Edition

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1

Introduction to International Arbitration

Part I

International Arbitration Agreements

Chapter 2

International Arbitration Agreements: Legal Framework

Chapter 3

Formation and Validity of International Arbitration Agreements

Chapter 4

Interpretation of International Arbitration Agreements

Chapter 5

International Arbitration Agreements: Non-Signatory Issues

Part II

International Arbitral Proceedings

Chapter 6

International Arbitral Proceedings: Legal Framework

Chapter 7

Selection and Removal of Arbitrators in International Arbitration

Chapter 8

Procedural Issues in International Arbitration

Chapter 9

Disclosure and Evidence-Taking in International Arbitration

Chapter 10

Confidentiality and Transparency in International Arbitration

Chapter 11

Provisional Measures in International Arbitration

Chapter 12

Multi-Party and Multi-Contract Issues in International Arbitration

Chapter 13

Choice of Substantive Law in International Arbitration

Chapter 14

Legal Representatives and Professional Responsibility in International Arbitration

Part III

International Arbitral Awards

Chapter 15

International Arbitral Awards: Legal Framework

Chapter 16

Annulment of International Arbitral Awards

Chapter 17

Recognition and Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards

Chapter 18

Investor-State and State-to-State Arbitration

Subject Index