Discusses the efforts of the International Chamber of Commerce to remove the barriers to international trade and lessen the impediments to national understanding, focusing on discussions of business men and upon the evolution of the conception of international economic cooperation in business minds.

A unique history of modern international commercial arbitration theory and practice, this book draws on a wide range of sources from the eighteenth century to the present. It sets out the origins and evolution of the modern regime of international arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce and current controversies.