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I. National Legislation

1. ( Eastern / Western) Germany
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch - German Civil Code
Handelsgesetzbuch - German Commercial Code
Zivilprozessordnung - German Code of Civil Procedure
German EGBGB
GIW GDR

2. Netherlands
Nieuw Burgerlijk Wetboek - New Netherlands Civil Code
Dutch Code of Civil Procedure

3. Switzerland
Schweizer Obligationenrecht - Swiss Law of Obligations 
IPRG - Swiss International Private Law (Swiss PIL)

4. Other European Countries
French Code Civil
Italian Codice Civile
Spanish Código Civil
Czechoslovak International Trade Code
Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch - Austrian Civil Code
Belgian Civil Code
English Arbitration Act 1996
Austrian Arbiration Law 2006
Danish Contracts Act
Scottish Arbitration Bill 2009

5. (North / South) America
Sec. 4, US Uniform Mediation Act, available under http://www.pon.harvard.edu/guests/uma/
Civil Code Québec
US Uniform Arbitration Act 2000
Civil Code Québec

6. Asia and Africa
Japanese Civil Code
South-African "Conventional Penalties Act" of 1962 (Wet No. 15 of 1962)
Contract Law of the People's Republic of China

7. Russia
Russian Civil Code
II. Conventions
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
UNIDROIT Convention on International Factoring
UNIDROIT Convention on International Financial Leasing
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties of 1969
Convention on Agency in the International Sale of Goods
Rome Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Relations of October 9, 1980, OJ EU, No. L 266
The Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital in the Arab Countries
OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials of 21 November 1997
United Nations Convention against Corruption
III. Principles / Restatements / Model laws
UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
Principles of European Contract Law - PECL
Principles of the Existing EC Contract Law (Acquis Principles)
The Most Recent Legal Principles Adopted by the Arbitral Tribunals under the Auspices of the Cairo Centre, CRCICA-Newsletter, Jan. 1997, page 2 et seq.
Code Européen des Contrats - European Contract Code
A Contract Code: Drawn up on Behalf of the English Law Commission
American Restatement 2nd of the Law of Contracts
Uniform Law on the Formation of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
Uniform Law for the International Sale of Goods
UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration
Uniform Commercial Code (USA)
IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration, 2004
Draft Common Frame of Reference (EU) - DCFR (2008)
IV. Arbitration Rules
DIS Arbitration Rules 1998, downloadable at http://www.dis-arb.de
Annex to the DIS Arbitration Rules 1998 - Supplementary Rules for Expedited Proceedings 2008
ICC Arbitration Rules
Art. 7 ICC ADR Rules
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Rules
WIPO Arbitration Rules
UNCITRAL Conciliation Rules 1980, YCA 1981, 165 et seq.
CEDR Code of Conduct for Mediators and other Third Party Neutrals
ICDR International Dispute Resolution Procedures (including Mediation and Arbitration Rules)
UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 1976
Swiss Rules of International Arbitration 2006
V. Mediation Rules
DIS Mediation/Conciliation Rules, 2002
ICDR International Dispute Resolution Procedures (including Mediation and Arbitration Rules)
CEDR Code of Conduct for Mediators and other Third Party Neutrals
Camera Arbitrale di Milano, International Business Mediation Rules, October 2008.
VI. Historic Materials
Ad Hoc-Award of October 27, 1883, Houlder Bros & Co v. Owners of "Parthenia"
Anonymous Writer, Colford's Collection, in the "Little Red Book of Bristol" (late 13th century)
Lena Goldfields v. Soviet Government, German original text previously unpublished; English translation: 36 Cornell Law Quarterly (1950/1951), at 42 et seq.
Malynes, Gerard, Consuetudo, Vel Lex Mercatoria or The Ancient Law-Merchant (1st. ed., 1622)
Goldman, Berthold, Le Monde ( 4th Oct. 1956 ), p. 3
Ad Hoc-Award of March 29, 1900, Great Britain & United States v. Portugal, The National Archives (PRO) FO 881/7637X and FO 03/77/57
France v. Venezuela: Award of the President of the Swiss Confederation in the Case of Fabiani, in: Moore, John Bassett, History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United States has been a Party, Washington 1898, Vol. V, at p. 4878
VII. Research Papers
Lamaud, Emmanuel, Comparison Between the CENTRAL List of the Vienna Convention for the International Sale of Goods - Specific Topics (research paper 2006)
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