First three chapters are based on the author's doctoral thesis: Extinctive prescription and applicable law in interstate arbitration. Juridiska fakulteten i Uppsala, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

History and development of interstate arbitration -- Choice of law by the parties in interstate arbitration -- Extinctive prescription and public international law -- Ownership of the oil and gas resources in the Caspian Sea: problems and solutions -- international arbitration and contractual clauses -- Arbitration involving states -- Investment arbitration in Eastern Europe: recent cases on expropriation -- The first Energy Charter Treaty arbitral award -- Arbitration reform in Sweden -- Advocacy in international commercial arbitration: Sweden.