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A large body of judicial decisions dealing with international law can be found in the national court reports of individual countries. Two of the most important compilations are:
1. American International Law Cases. edited by Francis Deak and Frank S. Ruddy. 1783- . Sixty volumes in three series. Cases contain decisions of federal and state courts of the United States involving questions of public international law. Index.
2. British International Law Cases, edited by C. Perry. 1964-70. Ten volumes. This series is a collection of decisions of the courts of the British Isles on issues of international law. No commentary is given. A cumulative index is available for the first eight volumes.
1. Permanent Court of Arbitration. Under its own modern rules of procedure, which are based upon the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, the PCA administers arbitration, conciliation and fact finding in disputes involving various combinations of states, private parties and intergovernmental organizations.
2. United Nations' Reports of International Arbitral Awards 1948- . Published in English or French, depending on the language of the original, these reports include mediation and conciliation agreements as well as arbitral awards rendered by a tribunal or an individual selected by the parties.
3. Collection of ICC Arbitral Awards, 1974-1995 . Arbitral awards involving private parties.
4. A.M. Stuyts, Survey of International Arbitrations, 1794-1989. A contemporary digest.
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