The Anatomy of International Arbitration

Edited by Anna Petrig, Yarik Kryvoi

ISBN: 9781032758138

Published: August 2026

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publisher: Routledge

Description

This volume offers a clear, intellectually rigorous entry point into international arbitration through an original "anatomical" approach — dissecting arbitration into its core components to show how the system actually operates. It opens with cross-cutting issues (sources of law and soft law, institutional versus ad hoc arbitration, diversity, digitalisation, review mechanisms, and enforcement) before examining eleven distinct arbitration mechanisms, from inter-State and investor-State arbitration to commercial, maritime, commodities, intellectual property, sports, and business and human rights arbitration. Each mechanism chapter follows the same structure — jurisdiction, procedure, adjudicators, applicable law, review, and the relationship with domestic and international courts — making the mechanisms directly comparable.

Key Features

Written by a wide bench of practitioners, academics, and arbitral institution figures. The consistent chapter structure across eleven arbitration mechanisms lets readers compare, for example, how review and enforcement work in investor-State arbitration versus sports or maritime arbitration. Cross-cutting chapters on digitalisation and diversity address issues increasingly relevant to current practice.

Coverage

Foundations and key concepts; sociological evolution of arbitration; institutional and ad hoc arbitration; digitalisation; diversity; sources of law and soft law; review mechanisms; enforcement of awards; and eleven arbitration mechanisms — inter-State, law of the sea, international administrative law, investor-State, business and human rights, sports, commercial, maritime, commodities, construction, and intellectual property arbitration.

About the Authors

Anna Petrig and Yarik Kryvoi edit this volume, bringing together leading practitioners, academics, and figures from arbitral institutions across each of the mechanism-specific chapters.

Table of Contents

Part I: Foundations
1. The Anatomy of International Arbitration — Anna Petrig
2. Key Concepts of International Arbitration — Yarik Kryvoi
Part II: Transversal Topics
3. The Sociological Evolution of International Arbitration — Florian Grisel
4. Institutional and ad hoc Arbitration — Greg Fullelove and Galina Borshevskaya
5. Digitalization in International Arbitration — Simon Bianchi
6. Diversity in International Arbitration — Liesbeth Lijnzaad
7. Sources of Law and Soft Law in International Arbitration — Felix Dasser
8. Review Mechanisms in International Arbitration — August Reinisch
9. Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards — Bernd Ehle
Part III: Arbitration Mechanisms
10. Inter-State Arbitration — Martin Doe
11. Law of the Sea Arbitration — Anna Petrig
12. International Administrative Law and Dispute Resolution — Dražen Petrović
13. Investor-State Arbitration — Yarik Kryvoi
14. Business and Human Rights Arbitration — Ursula Kriebaum
15. Sports Arbitration — Marco Vedovatti and Christopher Boog
16. Commercial Arbitration — Kabir Duggal and Peter L. Schmidt
17. Maritime Arbitration — James Clanchy
18. Commodities Arbitration — Eva Litina
19. Construction Arbitration — Renato Nazzini and Raquel Macedo Moreira
20. Intellectual Property Arbitration — Ignacio de Castro, Justine Ferland and Margarita Kato

Why buy this book?

Most arbitration texts specialise in one mechanism; this one is built to compare them. For an academic law library building out comparative dispute resolution holdings, or a practitioner who needs to understand how sports or maritime arbitration differs procedurally from investor-State arbitration, the consistent chapter framework makes this an unusually efficient reference and teaching text.

Keywords

international arbitration, comparative arbitration, investor-state arbitration, commercial arbitration, maritime arbitration, sports arbitration, arbitration mechanisms, dispute resolution textbook

Target Audience

Arbitration practitioners, academics, policy-makers, law students, academic law libraries

Genre

Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution, International Law

Q&A

Q: What makes this book different from other arbitration textbooks?
A: Its "anatomical" approach applies the same structural framework — jurisdiction, procedure, adjudicators, applicable law, review, relationship with courts — across eleven distinct arbitration mechanisms, making them directly comparable.

Q: Which arbitration mechanisms does it cover?
A: Inter-State, law of the sea, international administrative, investor-State, business and human rights, sports, commercial, maritime, commodities, construction, and intellectual property arbitration.

Q: Who edited this volume?
A: Anna Petrig and Yarik Kryvoi, with chapters contributed by a range of practitioners, academics, and arbitral institution figures.

Q: Is this suitable for teaching comparative dispute resolution?
A: Yes — the consistent chapter structure is designed to let students and researchers compare mechanisms directly.

Q: Where can I buy The Anatomy of International Arbitration?
A: Through CLNZ Books, with worldwide delivery for university libraries, law firms, and individual professionals.

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