An essential volume for those whose practice includes arbitration, as well as for scholars of international law and procedure, this compilation marks a milestone in international arbitral history.

Published on the centenary of the Court, this volume contains:

- Summaries of all of the Awards, Decisions and Reports rendered with the International Bureau's assistance since the Court's establishment in 1899.

- A foreword by Judge Shi Jiuyong, International Court of Justice.

- An analysis by Prof. J.G. Merrills, Professor of International Law, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, of the contributions of the Permanent Court of Arbitration to international law and dispute resolution.

- Analyses and comments by G.H. Aldrich and K.H. Ameli of some of the challenges faced and resolved in over 3000 claims disposing of more than $2 billion in assets by arbitration at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal which now approaches two decades of experience.

Unique among the books to be consulted on the subject of international arbitration, this collection illustrates the history of an institution, modem in concept and procedure, singularly possessing a hundred year history, poised at the threshold of the millennium.