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In this paper, the national Indian and Chinese statutes on arbitration are compared with the UNCITRAL Model Law. After a presentation of the GILD-MMC project, focus is especially on textual aspects indicating attitudes towards the relation between the administrative powers and the parties in commercial arbitration. Thus, looking at the features all-inclusiveness, information load, information spread, legislative style and transparency signifi cant differences are found and related to the different com municative purposes (overall model vs. specifi c national rules), the different legal traditions (common law vs. civil law) and the different political systems (westernised market economy vs. socialist market economy).

The empirical and descriptive strengths of sociolinguistics, developed over more than 40 years of research, have not been matched by an active engagement with theory. Yet, over this time, social theorising has taken important new turns, linked in many ways to linguistic and discursive concerns. Sociolinguistics and Social Theory is the first book to explore the interface between sociolinguistic analysis and modern social theory. The book sets out to reunite sociolinguistics with the concepts and perspectives of several of the most influential modern theorists of society and social action, incl

We live in world increasingly shaped by risk and the communication of risk has become a crucial part of professional work. Communicating Risk is the first book to bring together leading researchers and practitioners to explore key issues of risk communication across diverse professional domains