A Scheme for the Establishment of International Courts Or Tribunals for Settling Disputes

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This selected bibliography, prepared by Ms. Lillian Pinzon, is kindly provided by the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

permanent court of arbitration Selected Bibliography

PCA PUBLICATIONS

Peace Palace Papers

Institutional and Procedural Aspects of Mass Claims Settlement Systems, PeacePalace Papers Vol. I (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 2000)

International Investments and Protection of the Environment: The Role of Dispute Resolution Mechanisms, PeacePalace Papers Vol. II (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 2001)

Arbitration in Air, Space and Telecommunications Law: Enforcing Regulatory Measures, PeacePalace Papers Vol. III (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 2002)

Strengthening Relations with Arab and Islamic Countries through International Law: E-Commerce, the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism and Foreign Investment, PeacePalace Papers Vol. IV (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 2002)

Resolution of International Water Disputes, PeacePalace Papers Vol. V (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 2003)

Labor Law Beyond Borders: ADR and the Internationalization of Labor Dispute Settlement, PeacePalace Papers Vol. VI (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 2003)

Resolution of Cultural Property Disputes, PeacePalace Papers Vol. VII (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 2004)

Other PCA Publications

Rapport Annuel du Conseil administratif de la Cour Permanente d’Arbitrage/Annual Report of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 1901 to date)

Permanent Court of Arbitration – New Directions, Working Group on Improving the Functioning of the Courts, 13 May 1991 (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 1991)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, First Conference of the Members of the Court, Peace Palace, The Hague, 10 and 11 September 1993 (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 1993)

International Alternative Dispute Resolution: Past, Present and Future – The Permanent Court of Arbitration Centennial Papers (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 2000)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration: International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution: Summaries of Awards, Settlement Agreements and Reports (P. Hamilton, H.C. Requena, L. van Scheltinga & Bette E. Shifman eds. 2002)

PCA Basic Documents

Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA): Basic Documents: Conventions, Rules, Model Clauses, and Guidelines (International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration ed. 1998) (Also available at

Rules for Arbitration of Disputes Relating to Natural Resources and/or the Environment (Available at

Optional Rules for Conciliation of Disputes Relating to Natural Resources and/or the Environment (Available at

Books and Articles on

the Permanent Court of Arbitration Generally

1899 to 1990

A Scheme for the Establishment of International Courts or Tribunals for Settling Disputes between States by Arbitration and Mediation (London Committee of the International Peace Crusade to the Representatives of the Powers at The Hague Peace Conference ed. May 1899)

The Peace Conference at The Hague and Its Bearing on International Law and Policy, Frederick W. Holls (New York, 1900)

Some Historical Incidents in Connexion with the Establishment of the International Tribunal of Arbitration at The Hague in 1899 and International Arbitration, Francis William Fox (London, 1901)

Memoire sur le fonctionnement du premier tribunal d’arbitrage constitue au sein de la Cour Permanent de La Haye, E. Descamps (1903)

International Tribunals: A Collection of the Various Schemes Which Have Been Propounded; and of Instances in the Nineteenth Century, W. Evans Darby (4th ed. 1904)

Arbitration and The Hague Court, John W. Foster (Boston, 1904)

Die Haager Friedenskonferenz, Christian Meurer (Munich, 1905)

The Second Peace Conference of The Hague, Editorial Comment, 1 Am. J. Int’l L. 431 (1907)

The Second Peace Conference of The Hague, Editorial Comment, 1 Am. J. Int’l L. 945 (1907)

The Growth of International Law under a Permanent Court of Arbitration, Editorial Comment, 1 Am. J. Int’l L. 730 (1907)

A Permanent Tribunal of International Arbitration, Its Necessity and Value, R. Floyd Clarke, 1 Am. J. Int’l L.342 (1907)

La Corte Permanent e di arbitrato internazionale, G. Pennisi de Santa Margharita (1907)

Second Peace Conference at The Hague, David J. Hill, 1 Am. J. Int’l L. 671 (1907)

Some Suggestions as to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Jackson H. Ralston, 1 Am. J. Int’l L. 321 (1907)

La Deuxieme Conference de la Paix: Etude critique de ses travaux suivie des textes et documents officiels, DeSaint Maurice (Paris, 1908)

The Two Hague Conferences and their Contribution to International Law, William I. Hull (1908)

La Seconde Conference de La Haye, Ernest Lemonon & Leon Bourgeois (Librairie generale de droit et de jurisprudence ed. 1908)

The Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907 (James Brown Scott ed. 1909)

Kommentar zu dem Haager Abkommen betreffence die friedliche Erdledigung von internationalen Streitigkeiten vom 18 Oktober 1907, H. Wehberg (Tubingen, 1911)

Ubersicht uber die standigen Schiedsvertage und die Aufgaben des Bureaus des Haager Schiedshofes, H. Wehberg, 22 Zeitschrift fur Internationales Recht 317 (1912)

The First Hague Conference, Andrew D. White (1912)

The Two Hague Peace Conferences, Joseph H. Choate (1913)

Die Stellung des Haager Schiedshofes, Josef Kohler, 7 Zeitschrift fur Volkerrecht 113(1913)

Ubersicht uber die Prozesse des Haager Standigen Schiedshofes, Henri van der Mandere, 7 Zeitschrift fur Volkerrecht 245 (1913)

The Peace Conference at The Hague and Its Bearing on International Law and Policy, Frederick W. Holls (New York, 1914)

La Cour de justice arbitrale, Auguste Malauzat (Paris, 1914)

The Origin of the Hague Arbitral Courts, D. P. Myers, 8 Am. J. Int’l L. 769(1914)

The Final Acts of the First and Second Hague Peace Conferences, Together with the Draft Convention on a Judicial Arbitration Court (James Brown Scott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ed. 1915)

The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (James Brown Scott ed. New York, 1915)

The Reports to the Hague Conferences of 1899 and 1907 (James Brown Scott ed. Oxford, 1917)

The Proceedings of the Hague Peace Conferences, Translation of the Official Texts, 5 Volumes (James Brown Scott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace ed. New York, 1920)

L’oeuvre de La Haye (1817-1921), Expose du travail des Conferences et de la Cour Permanente d’Arbitrage, Edgar de Melville (Leyde, 1924)

International Arbitration from Athens to Locarno, Jackson H. Ralston (London, 1929)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration, Select List of References in Arbitrations before The Hague Tribunals and the International Commissions of Inquiry, 1902-1928 (Mary Alice Matthews, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Library ed. 1931)

The History of Peace: A Short Account of the Organised Movements for International Peace, A.C.F. Beales (London, 1931)

La contribution des conferences de La Haye au droit international, Hans Wehberg, 37 Recueil de cours l’Academie de droit international 527 (1931)

Compulsory Arbitration of International Disputes, Helen May Cory (New York, 1932)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration, Manley O. Hudson, 27 Am. J. Int’l L. 440 (1933)

L’organisation judiciare, la procedure et la sentence internationales: traite pratique, J.C. Witenberg & Jacques Desrioux (Paris, 1937)

The Future of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Manley O. Hudson, International Tribunals: Past and Future 157 (1944)

The Future of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Pieter Sanders, Conference (Second International) of the Legal Profession at The Hague (International Bar Association, 1948)

De toekomst van het Permanente Hof van Arbitrage, 384 Arbitrale Rechspraak 353(1952)

La Cour Permanente D’Arbitrage, Son Origine, Sa Jurispridence, Son Avenir 460, M. J. P. A. Francois (Academie de Droit International, Recueil de Cours 1955)

The Development of International Law by the International Court, H. Lauterpacht (London, 1958)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Circular Note of the Secretary General, 54 Am. J. Int’l L. 933 (1960)

L’Etat des ratifications des Conventions de La Haye de 1899 et de 1907 sur le reglement pacficique des conflits interantionaux, Danieal Bardonnet, 7 Annuaire francais de droit international (1961)

Zur Geschichte des Internationalen Bureaus des Haager Standigen Schiedshofes, H. Wehberg, 1 Symmikta Sepheriadou: melanges seferiades 139 (1961)

The United States and the First Hague Peace Conference, Calvin DeArmond Davis (New York, 1962)

Le developpement future de la Cour Permanente d’Arbitrage, J.P.A. Francois, 9 Nederlands Tijdschrift voor international recht264(1962)

Le Reglement de la Cour Permanente d’Arbitrage relatif aux conflits internationaux entre duex Parties dont l’une suelement est un Etat, Genevieve Guyomar, 8 Annuaire francais de Droit International 377 (1962)

Het Permanente Hof van Arbitrage, Pieter Sanders, 497 Arbitrale Rechtspraak 129 (1962)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration and the Permanent Court of International Justice, Hans Kelsen, Principles of International Law 530 (2nd ed. 1966)

Quelques developpements modernes qui touchent les controversies entre les particuliers et les Etats et les entites etatigues, Liber Amicorum for Martin Domke 348 (Pieter Sanders ed. 1967)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Amos J. Peaslee, International Governmental Organizations 1227 (3rd ed. 1974)

The United States and the Second Hague Peace Conference, C.D. Davis (Durham, 1975)

Permanent Court of Arbitration and the Election of Member of the International Court of Justice, M.D. Copithorne, 16 Canadian Y.B. Int’l L. 315 (1978)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hans Jurgen Schlochauer, 1 Encyclopedia Pub. Int’l L. 157 (Rudolph Bernhardt ed. 1981)

International Arbitration: Three Salient Problems (S. M. Schwebel ed. Cambridge, 1987)

Roundtable: Public International Arbitration, Kenneth R. Simmonds, Ruth Lapidoth, Hans W. Baade, 22 Texas International Law Journal 149 (1987)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague: The Rules of Arbitration and Conciliation for Settlement of International Disputes between Two Parties of Which One Is a State, 3 World Arbitration Reporter 3524 (H. Smit & V. Pechota eds. 1987)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1986-1987, 1 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 463 (1988)

The Peace Palace, Residence for Justice – Domicile of Learning, Arthur Eyffinger (Carnegie Foundation 1988)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1988, 2 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 351 (1989)

ICCA - Permanent Court of Arbitration, Mutual Cooperation Agreement Between Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague and International Council for Commercial Arbitration, 20 January 1989, Howard M. Holzmann, 15 Y.B. Com. Arb. 152 (1990)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1989 and 1990, P.J.H. Jonkman, 3 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 281 (1990)

International Arbitration: Past and Prospects, A Symposium to Commemorate the Centenary of the Birth of Professor J.H.W. Verzil (1888-1987) (A.H.A. Soons ed. Dordrecht, 1990)

1991

The Permanent Court of Arbitration: What It Is, What It Does, brochure by the T.M.C. Asser Institute, October 1991

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1991, P.J.H. Jonkman, 4 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 332 (1991)

International Arbitration and International Adjudication: The Different Contemporary Lots of the Two Hague Tribunals, Edward McWhinney, 29 Canadian Y.B. Int’l L. 403 (1991)

1992

The Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Courts for the Twenty-First Century 43, (William E. Butler & Mark Janis eds. 1992)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1992, P.J.H. Jonkman, 5 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 271 (1992)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Peace Palace, The Hague – A New Role for International Commercial Arbitration?,Law and Reality, Essays on National and International Procedural Law in Honour of Cornelis Carel Albert Voskuil 19 (A.J. van den Berg & M. Sumampouw, et al. eds. 1992)

1993

Optional Rules for Arbitrating Disputes Between Two States, Effective October 20, 1992, Text of the Rules, 32 Int’l Legal Materials 572 (1993)

The Perspectives of African Countries on International Commercial Arbitration, S.K.B. Asante, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden J. Int’l L. 331 (1993)

A New Direction for the PCA: The Work of the Expert Group, J.L. Bleich, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden J. Int’l L. 215 (1993)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration: Seeking the Most Effective Means of a Real and Lasting Peace, David D. Caron, Contemporary International Issues: Opportunities at a Time of Momentous Change 166 (1993)

New Rules of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, C. Hardenberg, 21 Int’l Bus. Law. 457 (1993)

Some Reflections on the Nature of Arbitration, H.M. Holtzmann, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden J. Int’l L. 265 (1993)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1993, P.J.H. Jonkman, 6 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 285 (1993)

Equity in Arbitration and in Judicial Settlement of Disputes, M. Lachs, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden J. Int’l L. 323 (1993)

The International Court as Constitutional Court and the Blurring of the Arbitral/Judicial Process, Edward McWhinney, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden J. Int’l L. 279(1993)

International Arbitral and Judicial Processes, and the Atrophy of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Edward McWhinney, Etudes de Droit International en L’Honneur de Pierre Lalive 577 (1993)

The Flame Rekindled, S. Muller and W. Mijs, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden Journal of International Law 203 (1993)

Structure, Process, Outcome: Thoughts on the “Essence” of International Arbitration, M.C.W. Pinto, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden J. Int’l L. 241 (1993)

Private Parties and the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Pieter Sanders, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden J. Int’l L. 289 (1993)

The International Court of Justice and International Arbitration, Sh. Rosenne, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden J. Int’l L. 297(1993)

Enforcement of and Arbitral Award against a State: with Whom are You Dealing?, A. van Blankenstein, The Flame Rekindled, New Hopes for International Arbitration, 6 Leiden J. Int’l L. 357 (1993)

1994

Permanent Court of Arbitration Resolutions, 19 Y.B. Com. Arb. 362 (1994)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Boleslaw Adam Boczek, 5 Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals, International Organizations Series 175 (1994)

De Verenigde Naties en het Permanent Hof van Arbitrage, P.J.H. Jonkman, 7 VN Forum 1 (1994)

The New Permanent Court of Arbitration Optional Rules, P.J.H. Jonkman, 19 Y.B. Com. Arb. 309 (1994)

The New Permanent Court of Arbitration Optional Rules, P.J.H. Jonkman, 9 ICSID Rev. Foreign Investment L. J. 237 (1994)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1994, P.J.H. Jonkman, 7 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 317 (1994)

Peaceful or Amicable Means of Settlement, I.A. Shearer, Starke’s International Law 442 (11th ed. 1994)

1995

Introduction to Hague International Tribunals, Mariska Aantjes, Nathalie Horbach, Gerard Kreijen, 8 Leiden J. Int’l L. 151 (1995)

The Role of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the United Nations Decade of International Law and the Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes: 1990-1999 and Beyond, Hans Jonkman and Bette E. Shifman, International Legal Issues Arising Under the United Nations Decade of International Law 63 (1995)

The Role of the Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration Under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, Hans Jonkman, 8 Leiden J. Int’l L. 185 (1995)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1995, P.J.H. Jonkman, 8 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 199(1995)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration: Recent Developments, Bette E. Shifman, 8 Leiden J. Int’l L. 193 (1995)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration: Current Developments, Bette E. Shifman, 8 Leiden J. Int’l L. 433 (1995)

The Revitalization of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Bette E. Shifman, 23 Int’l J. Legal Information 284 (1995)

1996

Resolution of International Environmental Conflicts: A Potential Role for the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Towards the World Governing of the Environment (P. Hans Jonkman, G. Cordini & A. Pastiglione eds. 1996)

La Cour Permanente d’Arbitrage: Role et Avenir d’une Institution a L’Aube de Son Centenaire, Hans Jonkman & Laurence de Blocq van Scheltinga, 4 African Y.B. Int’l L. 135 (1996)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1996, P.J.H. Jonkman, 9 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 229 (1996)

The Peaceful Settlement of International Disputes, Abdul G. Koroma, 43 Netherlands Int’l L. Rev. 227 (1996)

International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration: National Reports and Basic Legal Texts, Pieter Sanders (International Council for Commercial Arbitration & TMC Asser Institute for International Law eds. 1996)

Environmental Disputes and the Permanent Court of Arbitration: Issues for Consideration, Background Paper for the Secretary General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Philippe Sands (1996) (Available at

Towards a Third (Hague) Peace Conference?, Alfred H.A. Soons, 43 Netherlands Int’l L. Rev. 219 (1996)

International Organization, Eric Suy, 43 Netherlands Int’l L. Rev. 237 (1996)

1997

Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Council for Commercial Arbitration, 22 Y.B. Com. Arb. 388 (1997)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1997, P.J.H. Jonkman, 10 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 257 (1997)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hans-Jurgen Schlochauer and Karin Oellers-Frahm, 3 Encyclopedia of Public International Law 981 (Published Under the Auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Under the Direction of Rudolf Bernhardt 1997)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Chapter 5, Arbitration Rules Issued by International Institutions 229 (H. Smit & V. Pechota eds. 1997)

1998

Aux Origines de la Cour Permanente d’Arbitrage: La Premiere Conference de la Haye (1899), Laurent Barcelo, 189 Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains 17(1998)

La Cour Permanente d’Arbitrage dans le Developpement de l’Arbitrage jusqu a la creation de la Cour permanente de justice internationale (1899-1922), Hans Jonkman and Laurence de Blocq van Scheltinga, 189 Guerres mondiales et conflits contemporains 3 (1998)

Regulation of Truncated Tribunals by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hans Jonkman, Improving the Efficiency of Arbitration Agreements and Awards: 40 Years of Application of the New York Convention, 9 ICCA Congress Series 319 (1998)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1998, P.J.H. Jonkman, 11 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 259 (1998)

International Dispute Resolution: Towards an International Arbitration Culture (Albert Jan van den Berg, International Bureau of the Permanent Court of Arbitration 1998)

1999

The Settlement of Disputes in International Law, Institutions and Procedures 31, John Collier & Vaughan Lowe (Oxford, 1999)

Permanent Court of Arbitration – Centenary Celebrations and New Directions, Phyllis Hamilton, 1 Int’l L. Forum du Droit Int’l 175 (1999)

Regulation of Truncated Tribunals by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hans Jonkman, ICCA Congress Series (1999) (Available at

The Role of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in International Dispute Resolution, Addresses on 6 and 27 July 1999, at the Hague Academy of International law, Peace Palace, The Hague, on the Occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hans Jonkman, Recueil des Cours 14 (1999)

The Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Legal Capital of the World, and the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, P.J.H. Jonkman, International Law and The Hague’s 750th Anniversary 285 (1999)

Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration, A. Redfern & M. Hunter (3rd ed. 1999)

An International Court for the Environment: the Role of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, A. Rest, 4 Asia Pacific J. Envtl. L.107 (1999)

Manual on International Courts and Tribunals, Chapter 2 (P. Sands, R. Mackenzie & Y. Shany eds. London, 1999)

International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of Arbitration, Bette Shifman, 1 Int’l L. Forum du Droit Int’l 6 (1999)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, Work in 1999, Tjaco T. van den Hout, 12 Hague Y.B. of Int’l L. 319 (1999)

The Hague, City of Peace and Justice, Centennial of the First International Peace Conference, 1899-1999, Frans Hoynck van Papendrecht (The Hague, 1999)

The Peaceful Settlement of Disputes: Prospects for the Twenty-first Century (Preliminary Report prepared for the 1999 Centennial Commemoration of the First Peace Conference, Francisco Orrego Vicuna & Christopher Pinto (The Hague, 1999)

Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague, Dictionary of Conflict Resolution 350 (Douglas H. Yarn ed. 1999)

2000

The Proliferation of International Courts and Tribunals: International Adjudication in Ascendence, R. Alford, 94 Am. Soc’y Int’l L. Proc.160 (2000)