This book offers a clear and intellectually rigorous gateway into international arbitration. The book's original "anatomical" approach dissects arbitration into its core components to show how this dispute resolution system operates in practice.

The book begins with cross-cutting issues such as sources of law and soft law, institutional and ad hoc arbitration, diversity, digitalisation, review mechanisms, and the enforcement of awards. It then examines eleven arbitration mechanisms, illustrating the diversity of arbitral frameworks - from inter-State, investor-State, and commercial arbitration to specialised areas including maritime, commodities, intellectual property, sports, and business and human rights arbitration. Each arbitration mechanisms chapter covers jurisdiction, procedure, adjudicators, applicable law, review, and the relationship with domestic and international courts.

Written by leading practitioners, academics, and arbitral institutions figures, the volume serves as both an accessible entry point and a comparative resource for scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers.