Introduction

The UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration was adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law ("UNCITRAL" or the "Commission") on June 21, 1985 (the "1985 Model Law").[1] In the 25 years since its adoption, the Model Law has served - as UNCITRAL intended it to - as a vehicle for the harmonisation and improvement of national arbitration laws.[2] The number of countries with legislation based on the 1985 Model Law numbers over 60 and includes States from all six inhabited continents.[3] The Model Law was amended by ...