BOOK REVIEW

International Commercial Arbitration: Practical Perspectives. Andrew Berkeley and Jacqueline Mimms (eds). Published by the Centre of Construction Law and Management, King’s College London, September 2001. 376pp plus appendices and tables. Paperback. £65.00.

This book is a further instalment in the valuable series of books currently being produced by the Centre for Construction Law and Management at King’s College London. The book consists of more than 20 essays written by practitioners and academics. The book is divided into five parts. The first part consists of two short introductory chapters. The second part consists of five chapters and is devoted to an analysis of the arbitration rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Part three is headed ‘key issues’ and deals with a range of subjects such as the arbitrability of contracts with government bodies and costs in international arbitration. Part 4 is entitled ‘particular industry sectors’ and one of the sectors covered in this section is the construction industry. Finally, part 5 deals with different jurisdictions such as Canada, the Far East, ‘the Arab Middle East and North Africa’, eastern and central Europe and Russia. The LCIA Rules 1998 and the ICC Rules 1998 are set out in appendices.