Introduction

The book "Soft Law" in International Commercial Arbitration of Felix Dasser follows the development of the so-called 'soft law' from its origins in public international law to international commercial arbitration (ICA), where the concept of 'soft law' is used today as a label for various instruments and phenomena, covering both procedural aspects and the applicable substantive law: model laws, arbitration rules, guidelines, the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (UNIDROIT Principles), the lex mercatoria, and others. The monograph presents three particularly ...