Full Description
This landmark publication in the field of international law delivers expert assessment of new developments in the important work of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from a team of renowned editors and commentators.The ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and plays a central role in both the peaceful settlement of international disputes and the development of international law. This comprehensive Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice, now in its third edition, analyses in detail not only the Statute of the Court itself but also the related provisions of the United Nations Charter as well as the relevant provisions of the Court's Rules of Procedure.
Six years after the publication of the second edition, the third edition of the Commentary embraces current events before the International Court of Justice as well as before other courts and tribunals relevant for the interpretation and application of its Statute.The Commentary provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of all legal questions and issues the Court has had to address in the past, and looks forward to those it will have to address in the future. It illuminates the central issues of procedure and substance that the Court and counsel appearing before it face in their day-to-day work.
In addition to commentary covering all of the articles of the Statute of the ICJ, plus the relevant articles of the Charter of the United Nations, the book includes two scene-setting chapters: Historical Introduction and General Principles of Procedural Law, as well as important and instructive chapters on Counter-Claims, Discontinuation and Withdrawal, and Evidentiary Issues.
Contents
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Tomka: General Introduction
Spiermann: Historical Introduction
PART TWO: RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE UN CHARTER
Caron/Tomuschat: Article 2, para. 3 UN Charter
Gowlland-Debbas/Forteau: Article 7 UN Charter
Caron/Tomuschat: Article 33 UN Charter
Giegerich: Article 36 UN Charter
Chesterman/Oellers-Frahm: Article 92 UN Charter
Oellers-Frahm/Zimmermann: Article 93 UN Charter
Tams: Article 94 UN Charter
Finke: Article 95 UN Charter
d'Argent: Article 96 UN Charter
PART THREE: STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
Chesterman/Gowlland-Debbas: Article 1
Chapter I. Organization of the Court
Aznar/Methymaki: Article 2
Aznar/Boos: Article 3
Georget: Article 4
Georget: Article 5
Georget: Article 6
Georget: Article 7
Georget: Article 8
Fassbender: Article 9
Fassbender: Article 10
Fassbender: Article 11
Fassbender: Article 12
Dugard: Article 13
Dugard: Article 14
Dugard: Article 15
Couvreur: Article 16
Couvreur: Article 17
Anderson/Wordsworth: Article 18
Anderson/Wordsworth: Article 19
Khan: Article 20
Shaw: Article 21
Shaw: Article 22
Ollivier: Article 23
Jennings/Couvreur: Article 24
Palchetti: Article 25
Palchetti: Article 26
Palchetti: Article 27
Palchetti: Article 28
Palchetti: Article 29
Thirlway: Article 30
Kooijmans/Bordin: Article 31
Espósito: Article 32
Espósito: Article 33
Gaja: Relationship of the ICJ with Other International Courts and Tribunals
Chapter II. Competence of the Court
Dupuy/Hoss: Article 34
Zimmermann: Article 35
Tomuschat: Article 36
Simma/Richemond-Barak: Article 37
Pellet/Müller: Article 38
Kolb: General Principles of Procedural Law
Chapter III. Procedure
Kohen: Article 39
Yee: Article 40
Murphy: Counter-Claims Article 80 of the Rules
Oellers-Frahm/Zimmermann: Article 41
Berman/Hernández: Article 42
Macak: Article 43
Walter: Article 44
Yee: Article 45
von Schorlemer/Tzanakopoulos: Article 46
von Schorlemer/Tzanakopoulos: Article 47
Torres Bernárdez/Moïse Mbengue: Article 48
Benzing: Evidentiary Issues
Tams/Devaney: Article 49
Tams/Devaney: Article 50
Tams: Article 51
Tams: Article 52
von Mangoldt/Zimmermann: Article 53
Fassbender: Article 54
Fassbender: Article 55
Damrosch: Article 56
Hofmann/Karl: Article 57
Khan: Article 58
Brown: Article 59
Wegen: Discontinuance and Withdrawal
Zimmermann/Thienel: Article 60
Zimmermann/Geiss: Article 61
Miron/Chinkin: Article 62
Miron/Chinkin: Article 63
Espósito: Article 64
Chapter IV. Advisory Opinions
d'Argent: Article 65
Paulus: Article 66
Paulus: Article 67
Cot/Wittich: Article 68
Chapter V. Amendment
Karl: Article 69
Karl: Article 70
