Introduction --Draft Text of a Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration --Welcoming Addresses --Introductory Address --Introduction to the Model Law of UNCITRAL on International Commercial Arbitration --Arbitration Agreement and Competence of the Arbitral Tribunal --Arbitration and the Courts --Composition of the Arbitral Tribunal and Making of the Award --Conduct of Arbitral Proceedings --Possible Conflict of Laws Rules and the Rules Applicable to the Dispute --Recourse Against the Award; Enforcement of the Award.

"ICC Congress Series no. 18 comprises the proceedings of the twenty-second Congress of the International Arbitration Congress, held in Miami in 2014." -- Back cover.

Provides an unprecedented historical, theoretical and comparative analysis and appraisal of party autonomy in private international law. These issues are of great practical importance to any lawyer dealing with cross-border legal relationships, and great theoretical importance to a wide range of scholars interested in law and globalisation.