The following is a collection/index of Arbitration Committe principles, defined to be be all those statments listed under "Principles" as part of any final decsion by the Arbitration Committe (a.k.a "ArbCom"). These have been gathered for ease of reference, and also because these have formed a de facto body of case law. However, it worth stressing that nothing in the ArbCom's terms of reference compell it follow its previous descisions. In fact, the "Ignore all rules" policy could be interpreted to mean that ArbCom should ignore its previous findings whenever it wants.
The material is grouped under broad headings for ease of reference. The lower-level headings have generally been taken straight from ArbCom descisions, with exception of those used to group similar principles together. The text is lifted absolutly verbatim from the descision. Generally, one principle is listed under one bullet point. However, where variations exsist, it may be split across several points (e.g. Decorum).
After each principle, the case(s) where it appears are given, linked to the relevant Requests for arbitration page. The descision number is given in brackets after the name. The cases are listed in reverse chronological order, newest to oldest.
For a full list of of past descsions, see Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Completed requests. The first descision with explicitly stated "Principles" was Lir, in August 2004.