Book excerpt: International Commercial Arbitration contains detailed commentary, case analyses, and practice pointers. Full annotations and footnotes provide invaluable research assistance, while clearly written analyses identify and discuss critical issues. Representative international arbitral awards and national court decisions are excerpted, and detailed reference is made to leading institutional rules. Detailed appendices, an easy-to-use Table of Contents, and an extensive index to aid research and provide ready access to key materials. International Commercial Arbitration also discusses in detail all leading international practices and legal sources relating to international commercial arbitration, including the New York and Inter-American Conventions, the UNCITRAL Model Law, and other national arbitration legislation, and all leading institutional arbitration rules. The book is divided into three parts-international arbitration agreements, international arbitral procedures, and international arbitration awards. Each topic is explored in detail and excerpts of key court decisions and detailed analysis provide complete coverage of the role of U.S. courts in enforcing international arbitration agreements under the Federal Arbitration Act, as well as the enforceability of international arbitration awards in U.S. courts. Also examined is the role of U.S. courts in providing judicial support for the international arbitral process, including in granting provisional remedies, selecting arbitrators and arbitral situses, and ordering discovery.