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There are several published international textbooks and cases books on international commercial arbitration UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration: A Commentary on the Zimbabwean Arbitration Act [Chapter 7:15] provides a comprehensive commentary on the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) on the 21st June, 1985. The commentary is based on the Arbitration Act [Chapter 7:15] which gave effect to the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration in Zimbabwe. Within the continent, among a dozen of countries, Zimbabwe was the fifth country to adopt the Model Law after Nigeria (1990), Tunisia (1993), Egypt (1994) and Kenya (1995). It has adopted the Model law in its entirety, with some modifications to the text of the Model Law but has kept the essence of the Model Law in its original. Father and son, Davison and Prince Kanokanga, both of whom are leading academics and arbitration practitioners, address fundamental questions in the commentary, as they both combine theory and practice. This is illustrated in each chapter of the book which covers specific but salient aspects of international commercial arbitration.