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A Guide to the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration by 
Rules of Evidence in International Arbitration by The ICC Arbitration Rules are reprinted in many sources. The most direct source is the ICC's own website:
Handbook of ICC arbitration : commentary and materials by 
The Secretariat's guide to ICC arbitration : a practical commentary on the 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration from the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration by 
International Commercial Arbitration by 
Arbitrating under the 2012 ICC Rules by 
A Guide to the ICC Rules of Arbitration by Several sources also allow you to search ICC arbitration decisions:
The Permanent Court of Arbitration is an arbitral tribunal located in the Hague. It was established by the 1899 and 1907 Conventions for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes.
The rules of the Permanent Court of Arbitration are reprinted in many sources. The most direct source is the PCA's own website:
Several books and detailed articles discuss the Permanent Court of Arbitration:
A Guide to the PCA Arbitration Rules by 
International Arbitration and the Permanent Court of Arbitration by Several sources also allow you to search Permanent Court of Arbitration decisions online or read them in print:
The Permanent Court of Arbitration Summaries of Awards, 1999-2009 by 
The Permanent Court of Arbitration: International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution - Summaries of Awards, Settlement Agreements and Reports by Generally, the website of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) is the best starting point for understanding LCIA arbitration:
Article 30 of the LCIA arbitration rules specifies that "[t]he parties undertake as a general principle to keep confidential all awards in the arbitration" and "[t]he LCIA does not publish any award or any part of an award without the prior written consent of all parties and the Arbitral Tribunal." Accordingly, access to prior LCIA awards is highly limited, with most databases of arbitral decisions including only a tiny handful of abstracts. However, Westlaw has compiled a collection of selected LCIA arbitration awards:
The preeminent arbitration treatises are good places to start for researching the LCIA. Most standard arbitration treatises include discussion of LCIA rules, integrated with other institutions' rules under discussions of general arbitration topics.
A few sources provide more extended discussions specifically of the LCIA:
Arbitrating under the 2014 LCIA Rules: A User's Guide by 
A Guide to the LCIA Arbitration Rules by 
Arbitration in England by International Commercial Arbitration by The Swiss Rules are the rules adopted by the Swiss Arbitration Centre (formerly the Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution, SCAI), a not-for-profit organization established by local Swiss Chambers of Commerce and the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA).
The Centre maintains a website with many resources on its activities:
The following pages are especially helpful for researching the Swiss Rules:
Like most arbitration decisions, decisions under the Swiss Rules are confidential. Article 44(1) of the Swiss Rules prohibits the release of decisions except by express written consent of the parties. However, challenges to arbitration decisions may be brought before the Swiss Supreme Court, whose decisions are public.
The Swiss Arbitration website links to the following website for researching these decisions:
In addition to the free resources on the Swiss Arbitration website, many paid databases provide treatises on the Swiss Rules and arbitration in Switzerland:
Westlaw's Practical Law also includes helpful introductory articles for learning the basics about the Swiss Rules:
Finally, general arbitration treatises include chapters on the Swiss Rules:
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