Introduction

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law "UNCITRAL" Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration of 1985 "UNCITRAL Model Law" is the single most important legislative instrument in the field of international commercial arbitration. It has been adopted in a substantial and growing number of jurisdictions and served as a model for legislation and judicial decisions in many others. Recent revisions to the Model Law (in 2006) sought to improve its legislative framework, introducing new features and providing a good representative example of ongoing legislative efforts ...