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I.- Arbitration law's sigificance for international disputes: International arbitration is not only international/ Giuditta Cordero-Moss-- International arbitration and domestic law/ Luca Radicati di Brozolo-- II.- Ad hoc arbitration: Ad hoc arbitration v. institutional arbitration/ Carita Wallgrn-Lindholm-- The Uncitral, arbitration rules and their use in ad hoc arbitration/ Corinne Montineri-- III.- Institutional arbitration: Features of selectd arbitrtion institutins in Europe: Arbitrtion in Austria: Features of the International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chambe (VIAC)/ Werner Melis-- Arbitration in Denmark: Features/ Georg Lett-- Arbitration in Germany: Features of the German Institution of Arbitration/ Jens Bredow-- Arbitration in Italy: Features of the Milan Chamber of arbitration/ Stefano Azzali-- Rules of arbitration of the international chamber of commerce/ Simon Greenberg and Anders Ryssdal-- Arbitration in London: Features of the London Court of international arbitration/ Johabbes Koepp, Dorine Farah and Peter Webster-- Arbitration in Norway: Features of the Oslo chamber of commerce/ Stephen Knudtz--.Arbitration in Russia: Features of the international commercial arbitration court at the chamber of commerce and industry of the Russian Federation/ Alexander Komarov-- Arbitration in Sweden: Features of the Stockolm rules/ Henrik Fieber and Eva Storskrubb-- Arbitration under the swiss rules/ Daniel Wehrli and Marco Stacher-- IV.- New trends in international arbitration : 'Domesticating' the New York Convention: The impact of the US Federal Arbitration Act/ George A. Bermann-- New trends in international commercial arbitration in Latin América/ Diego P. Fernández Arroyo.