ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on aspects of arbitration culture as they are reflected in the discursive features of periodical publications issued by two leading international arbitration institutions, namely the arbitration division of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), with its semi-annual Bulletin, and the London Chamber of International Arbitration (LCIA), with its quarterly Arbitration International. The ICC Bulletin and the LCIA-published Arbitration International are among the journals which enjoy the most widespread diffusion in the field, and can therefore be taken to be representative of the global arbitration scholarship. The diffusion of new ideas and increased accessibility of arbitration to the public has led to new patterns of behaviour and practice and to a rise to prominence of Anglo-American law firms within the international arbitral regime. At the textual and linguistic level, the two institutions are characterized by distinctly different styles. ICC opts for mainly expository texts drafted in accessible language and characterized by processing ease.
