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The LLP Electronic Arbitration Law Library published by LLP Professional Publishing, London (1999). CD-ROM, updated 2 times annually. Subscription price £395 (1 user), £1,185 (2–5 users), £1,422 (6–10 users) and £2,133 (11–25 users). ISBN 1-86978-624-3. This first CD-ROM in The Electronic Arbitration Law Library contains two publications: Arbitration Law (looseleaf) by PROFESSOR ROBERT M. MERKIN, and the 2nd edition of Arbitration: Practice and Procedure by D. MARK CATO. It is the start of what the publisher calls a complete service for arbitration practitioners, to which in the future other relevant titles will be added, including the Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Law Journal. Professor Merkin is also the author of Arbitration Act 1996, An Annotated Guide (1996).1 Originally a looseleaf publication, Arbitration Law is a comprehensive and practical guide to domestic and international commercial arbitration in England, working its way methodically and in great detail from the arbitration agreement to the judicial control of the award, with many references to literature, statutes, rules and other texts, most contained in the extensive Appendices. D. Mark Cato is also the author of The Sanctuary House Case: An Arbitration Work-Book .2 The book version of Arbitration: Practice and Procedure appeared first in 1992,3 and its 2nd edition, which was adapted to the Arbitration Act 1996, in 1997. Its approach is equally detailed but much less logical, explaining arbitration (slanted towards the construction industry) in 35 chapters, which at first glance seem to be in alphabetical order by title, but which are not.4 The book does contain a wealth of information but I somehow prefer phrasing …