The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration

'One of the great strengths of this remarkable book is that it makes use of countless new documents and archival research - such as unpublished ICC arbitral awards, rare periodicals, and all successive versions of the ICC Rules of Arbitration - to retrace the modern history and evolution of international commercial arbitration. Through this in-depth research, Dr.Schinazi is able to explore the field's inner dynamics. An elegantly written book, The Three Ages is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of international arbitration and international law in the making.' Yas Banifatemi, Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes; Lecturer, Panthon-Sorbonne University; Visiting Lecturer, Yale Law School and Harvard Law School

'Dr. Schinazi's The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration is brilliant and momentous - nothing short of a tour de force. It is a meticulously researched, but also a deeply rich and imaginative work, eclipsing anything that has been produced up to now on the genesis and evolution of international commercial arbitration. I confess to finding it a real page-turner.' George Bermann, Gellhorn Professor of Law and Monnet Professor in European Union Law, Columbia Law School

'This is one of the most detailed works exploring the International Chamber of Commerce's past since Ridgeway's 1938 Merchants of Peace. Dr. Schinazi's book offers a detailed panorama of the arbitration landscape to coincide with the ICC's centennial. Readers will discover a wealth of hitherto unpublished information about the ICC and the beginnings of its International Court of Arbitration. This is a major book about the history and evolution of the ICC arbitration system, informed by keen insights drawing on legal theory and intellectual history. It is a delight to see the book in print, the fitting culmination of Dr. Schinazi's doctoral research.' Emmanuel Jolivet, General Counsel, International Chamber of Commerce and International Court of Arbitration

'As a practising lawyer and later a Supreme Court Justice, I have always been fascinated by international commercial arbitration institutions, including the ICC. Now, after reading Dr. Schinazi's brilliant work, I can better understand the development and essence of those modern institutions over the ages. The book is therefore immensely important for researchers as well as practitioners in the field of international arbitration. It seems to me that we are now facing a New Age in this field due to the huge influence of social networks and the opportunities they present. I hope that Dr. Schinazi will provide similar illumination on these aspects, too, in the future.' Justice Hanan Melcer, Deputy President, Supreme Court of Israel

'At last an in-depth historical presentation! Arbitration has firmly established itself as the choice method of dispute resolution in the international legal order, progressively and almost imperceptibly overshadowing state cou...

Mikal Schinazi is an international dispute resolution lawyer and a visiting lecturer at Sciences Po Law School, Paris. A member of the New York Bar, he holds a BA magna cum laude with highest honours from Harvard University, an LLB from the University of Cambridge (John Eliot Scholar), an LLM from Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), and a PhD in law from the Institut d'tudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).

1. General introduction; 2. Introduction to the Age of Aspirations; 3. Genealogy of international commercial arbitration; 4. The arbitration clause saga in French law and the emergence of a special regime for international commercial arbitration; 5. Introduction to the Age of Institutionalization; 6. The construction of a coherent framework for international commercial arbitration; 7. The development of the ICC arbitration system; 8. Introduction to the Age of Autonomy; 9. Lex Mercatoria and the birth of the French school of international arbitration; 10. The second generation of the French school of international arbitration and the quarrel over the arbitral legal order; 11. General conclusion; Bibliography; Index.