The Arbitration CD-ROM

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Editor-in-Chief is Thomas Wälde, Professor of International Energy Law (and former Executive Director) of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) at the University of Dundee, the internationally leading graduate school in oil, gas and energy law and policy. Professor Wälde is the former principal UN adviser on oil, gas, energy and investment law.

The Arbitration CD-ROM: Resources on International Commercial Arbitration, edited by, Kluwer Law International, November 1998, ISBN 90-411-1072-0, CD ROM incl. Update 2002/1-2, Price: 1500.00 EUR / 1625.00 USD / 1020.00 GBP

Zeyad Alqurashi

Arbitration is an area dependant on diverse sources, e.g., conventions, legislation, rules, cases and journals. It is not very common to find all these sources in one place. The Arbitration CD-ROM brings together a large amount of vital arbitration materials in a readily accessible form. It puts at your fingertips a growing collection of the most essential materials on international commercial arbitration.

The materials contained on this CD ROM include:

The complete Yearbook of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration from 1976 through 2000;
The complete set of volumes of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration Handbook;
Arbitration journals

Arbitration International: The complete set of volumes since 1985, with the latest issues added with each update;
Journal of International Arbitration. The complete set of volumes (since 1984) with the latest issues added with each update;

Revue de l'Arbitrage. Fourteen volumes (1986-1999), previous years (1980-1985) as well as latest issues to be added with each update;

ICCA Congress Series, No. 3 (New York 1986), No. 8 (Seoul 1996) and No. 9 (Paris 1998);
Selected Bibliography compiled by the Documentation Centre on Arbitration of the Chamber of National and International Arbitration of Milan (updated annually);
The bibliography of the Yearbook Commercial Arbitration.
Arbitration Treaties;
Over 690 arbitral awards and over 1799 court decisions.

The CD ROM uses Verity software to index, search and display the data contained on the CD-ROM. Verity allows you to access the information by browsing, using a table of contents and by searching for any words or phrases. It uses the Internet Explorer, which makes it possible to browse the contents of the CD forward and backward and to print. The CD is user-friendly with hyperlink and full text searches. The effective built in search engine allows you to search by author, the title or key words contained in title or in the full text. If the document(s) chosen contains footnotes, they are displayed at the end of the document. By clicking on a footnote reference in the text, the view will jump to the appropriate place at the end of the document where the selected footnote can be found. On the other hand, the CD ROM is fully networkable - it can be used by a number of users if put in network. However, the price differs if the CD is to be used by more than one user and gets even higher if it is to be used by more than 6 users. Moreover, This complete library gets continually updated. I wonder how much dose it cost for this to get it updated?

To sum up, the availability of such an enormous amount of material in this quality on a slim CD ROM combined with an effective search engine makes the Arbitration CD ROM an extremely helpful tool. It operates as an extensive and very well organised library. It is a must for any arbitrator, in-house counsel and academics in the field of international arbitration. However, the price of the CD is relatively high for an individual, but not for a law firm or a law school library.