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The International Court of Justice

Edited by: William A. Schabas

ISBN13: 9781789900170
Published: August 2020
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Country of Publication: UK
Format: Hardback (Two Vols.)
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The International Court of Justice (the 'World Court') is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. This important collection covers how the court deals with legal disputes between States and provides advisory opinions on the important issues of international law. Readers of this book will obtain a comprehensive overview of the Court, its activities, procedure and contribution to the progressive development of international law. Containing inspirational work by the most prominent experts in the field, as well as an original introduction by the editor, this timely collection will be a crucial resource for scholars and students alike.

Subjects:
Courts and Procedure
Contents:
Volume 1:

Introduction - William A. Schabas
PART I: HISTORY
1. Åke Hammarskjöld (1930), ‘The Permanent Court of International Justice and its Place in International Relations’, International Affairs, 9 (4), July, 467–97 2
2. Jan Hostie (1944), ‘The Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice’, American Journal of International Law, 38 (3), October, 407–33 33
3. Manley O. Hudson (1957), ‘The Succession of the International Court of Justice to the Permanent Court of International Justice’, American Journal of International Law, 51 (3), July, 569–73 60
PART II: THE ROLE OF THE COURT
4. Robert Y. Jennings (1998), ‘The Role of the International Court of Justice’, British Yearbook of International Law, 68, 1–63 66
5. Jose Maria Ruda (1991), ‘Some of the Contributions of the International Court of Justice to the Development of International Law’, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, 24, 35–68 129
6. Janina Satzer (2007), ‘Explaining the Decreased Use of International Courts – The Case of the ICJ’, Review of Law and Economics, 3 (1), 11–36 163
7. Manfred Lachs (1983), ‘Some Reflections on the Contribution of the International Court of Justice to the Development of International Law’, Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, 10, 239–78 189
8. Niels Petersen (2011), ‘Lawmaking by the International Court of Justice – Factors of Success’, German Law Journal, 12 (5), 1295–316 229
PART III THE COURT IN A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT
9. Andrew Coleman (2003), ‘The International Court of Justice and Highly Political Matters’, Melbourne Journal of International Law, 4 (1), 29–75 252
10. Dapo Akande (1997), ‘The International Court of Justice and the Security Council: Is there Room for Judicial Control of Decisions of the Political Organs of the United Nations?’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 46 (2), April, 309–43 299
11. Eric A. Posner and Miguel F. P. de Figueiredo (2005), ‘Is the International Court of Justice Biased?’, Journal of Legal Studies, 34 (2), June, 599–630 334
12. Vera Gowlland-Debbas (1994), ‘The Relationship between the International Court of Justice and the Security Council in the Light of the Lockerbie Case’, American Journal of International Law, 88 (4), October, 643–77 366
PART IV: JUDGES OF THE COURT
13. Chittharanjan F. Amerasinghe (2001), ‘Judges of the International Court of Justice – Election and Qualifications’, Leiden Journal of International Law, 14 (2), June, 335–48 402
14. Cosette Creamer and Zuzanna Godzimirska (2017), ‘The Job Market for Justice: Screening and Selecting Candidates for the International Court of Justice’, Leiden Journal of International Law, 30 (4), December, 947–66 416
15. Edward Gordon (1987), ‘Observations on the Independence and Impartiality of the Members of the International Court of Justice’, Connecticut Journal of International Law, 2, 397–426 436
PART V: JURISDICTION, PROCEDURE AND COMPLIANCE
16. Edvard Hambro (1948), ‘Some Observations on the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice’, British Yearbook of International Law, 25, 133–57 467
17. Jonathan I. Charney (1987), ‘Compromissory Clauses and the Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice’, American Journal of International Law, 81 (4), October, 855–87 492
18. Shabtai Rosenne (2009), ‘Capacity to Litigate in the International Court of Justice: Reflections on Yugoslavia in the Court’, British Yearbook of International Law, 80 (1), 217–43 525
19. Simon Olleson (2005), ‘“Killing Three Birds with One Stone”? The Preliminary Objections Judgments of the International Court of Justice in the Legality of Use of Force Cases’, Leiden Journal of International Law, 18 (2), June, 237–55 552
20. Aloysius P. Llamzon (2007), ‘Jurisdiction and Compliance in Recent Decisions of the International Court of Justice’, European Journal of International Law, 18 (5), November, 815–52 571
21. Colter Paulson (2004), ‘Compliance with Final Judgments of the International Court of Justice since 1987’, American Journal of International Law, 98 (3), July, 434–61 609
22. Stanimir A. Alexandrov (1995), ‘Non-Appearance before the International Court of Justice’, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 33 (1), 41–72 637
23. Stefan Talmon (2015), ‘Determining Customary International Law: The ICJ’s Methodology between Induction, Deduction and Assertion’, European Journal of International Law, 26 (2), May, 417–43 669

Volume II:

PART I: ADVISORY OPINIONS OF THE COURT
1. Sir Kenneth Keith (1996), ‘The Advisory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice: Some Comparative Reflections’, Australian Year Book of International Law, 17, 39–58 2
2. Karin Oellers-Frahm (2011), ‘Lawmaking Through Advisory Opinions?’, German Law Journal, 12 (5), March, 1033–55 22
3. Dapo Akande (1998), ‘The Competence of International Organizations and the Advisory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice’, European Journal of International Law, 9 (3), 437–67 45
4. Stephen M. Schwebel (1984), ‘Widening the Advisory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice without Amending its Statute’, Catholic University Law Review, 33 (2), 355–61 76
5. David Sloss (2002), ‘Using International Court of Justice Advisory Opinions to Adjudicate Secessionist Claims’, Santa Clara Law Review, 42 (2), 357–89 83
PART II: SPECIALIZED BODIES OF LAW
6. Gentian Zyberi (2007), ‘The Development and Interpretation of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Rules and Principles through the Case-Law of the International Court of Justice’, Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 25 (1), March, 117–39 117
7. Bruno Simma (2012), ‘Mainstreaming Human Rights: The Contribution of the International Court of Justice’, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 3 (1), March, 7–29 140
8. Vincent Chetail (2003), ‘The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to International Humanitarian Law’, International Review of the Red Cross, 85 (850), June, 235–69 163
9. Jorge E. Viñuales (2008), ‘The Contribution of the International Court of Justice to the Development of International Environmental Law: A Contemporary Assessment’, Fordham International Law Journal, 32 (1), 232–58 198
PART III: FRAGMENTATION
10. Rosalyn Higgins (2003), ‘The ICJ, the ECJ, and the Integrity of International Law’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 52 (1), January, 1–20 226
11. Pierre-Marie Dupuy (1999), ‘The Danger of Fragmentation or Unification of the International Legal System and the International Court of Justice’, New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, 31 (4), 791–807 246
12. Andrew Lang (2013), ‘The Role of the International Court of Justice in a Context of Fragmentation’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 62 (4), October, 777–812 263
PART IV: SOME LEADING CASES
13. Edward Gordon (1971), ‘Old Orthodoxies Amid New Experiences: The South West Africa (Namibia) Litigation and the Uncertain Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice’, Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, 1, 65–92 300
14. Paul W. Kahn (1987), ‘From Nuremberg to The Hague: The United States Position in Nicaragua v. United States and the Development of International Law’, Yale Journal of International Law, 12 (1), Winter, 1–62 328
15. Lori Fisler Damrosch (2012), ‘The Impact of the Nicaragua Case on the Court and Its Role: Harmful, Helpful, or In Between?’, Leiden Journal of International Law, 25 (1), March, 135–47 390
16. Wladyslaw Czapliński (1989), ‘Sources of International Law in the Nicaragua Case’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 38 (1), January, 151–66 403
17. Malcolm D. Evans and Christine Chinkin (1996), ‘The East Timor Case (Portugal v. Australia)’, International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 45 (3), July, 712–25 419
18. Gerry J. Simpson (1994), ‘Judging the East Timor Dispute: Self-Determination at the International Court of Justice’, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 17 (2), 323–47 433
19. Eric David (1997), ‘The Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legality of the Use of Nuclear Weapons’, International Review of the Red Cross, 79 (823), 21–34 458
20. Richard A. Falk (1997), ‘Nuclear Weapons, International Law and the World Court: A Historic Encounter’, American Journal of International Law, 91 (1), January, 64–75 472
21. Susan L. Karamanian (2006), ‘Briefly Resuscitating the Great Writ: The International Court of Justice and the U.S. Death Penalty’, Albany Law Review, 69 (3), 745–70 484
22. Chittharanjan F. Amerasinghe (2008), ‘The Bosnia Genocide Case’, Leiden Journal of International Law, 21 (2), June, 411–28 510
23. Iain Scobbie (2005), ‘Unchart(er)ed Waters?: Consequences of the Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory for the Responsibility
of the UN for Palestine’, European Journal of International Law, 16 (5), November, 941–61 528
24. Christine Gray (2004), ‘The ICJ Advisory Opinion on Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’, Cambridge Law Journal, 63 (3), November, 527–32 549
25. Alexander Orakhelashvili (2006), ‘Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Opinion and Reaction’, Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 11 (1), Spring, 119–39 555
26. Simon Chesterman (2015), ‘The International Court of Justice in Asia: Interpreting the Temple of Preah Vihear Case’, Asian Journal of International Law, 5 (1), January, 1–8 576
27. Phoebe Okowa (2011), ‘The International Court of Justice and the Georgia/Russia Dispute’, Human Rights Law Review, 11 (4), December, 739–57 584
28. Sandy Ghandhi (2011), ‘Human Rights and the International Court of Justice: The Ahmadou Sadio Diallo Case’, Human Rights Law Review, 11 (3), December, 527–55 603
29. Vincent-Joël Proulx (2017), ‘The World Court’s Jurisdictional Formalism and its Lost Market Share: The Marshall Islands Decisions and the Quest for a Suitable Dispute Settlement Forum for Multilateral Disputes’, Leiden Journal of International Law, 30 (4), September, 925–46 632