Fifty Years of the International Court of Justice

'This broad area of legal thought and activity is well-mirrored and interestingly analyzed in the present volume.' SPTL Reporter

• List of contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings Vaughan Lowe; List of publications by Sir Robert Jennings; Table of cases; Part I. The International Court of Justice: 1. The International Court as a world court Georges Abi-Saab; 2. The International Court and the voice of justice Philip Allott; 3. The London Committee and the statute of the International Court of Justice Geoffrey Marston; Part II. The Sources and Evidences of International Law: 4. The International Court of Justice and the sources of international law Maurice Mendelson; 5. Municipal law reasoning in international law M. Shahabuddeen; 6. Estoppel and acquiescence Sir Ian Sinclair; 7. L'Equité dans la jurisprudence de la Cour Internationale de Justice Prosper Weil; 8. The International Court of Justice and the law of treaties E. W. Vierdag; 9. International 'soft law': a contemporary assessment Francesco Francioni; Part III. Substance of International Law: 10. The Court's role in relation to international organisations D. W. Bowett; 11. Cases of the International Court of Justice relating to employment in international organisations C. F. Amerasinghe; 12. Jurisdiction and immunities Hazel Fox; 13. Adjudication as a mode of acquisition of territory? Harry Post; 14. Equitable maritime boundary delimitation Barbara Kwiatkowska; 15. Environmental protection and the International Court of Justice Malgosia Fitzmaurice; 16. The contribution of the International Court of Justice to air law Sami Shubber; 17. The treatment of human rights and of aliens in the International Court of Justice Stephen M. Schwebel; 18. The International Court of Justice and the right of peoples to self-determination Antonio Cassese; 19. The International Court of Justice and the peaceful settlement of disputes J. G. Collier; 20. The International Court of Justice and the use of force Christopher Greenwood; Part IV. Procedural Aspects of the Work of the International Court of Justice: 21. Procedural law and the International Court of Justice H. W. A. Thirlway; 22. The President of the International Court of Justice Shabtai Rosenne; 23. Nationality of claims: some relevant concepts Sir Arthur Watts; 24. The plea of domestic jurisdiction before the International Court of Justice: substance or procedure? Gaetano Arangio-Ruiz; 25. 'Partial' judgements and the inherent jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice E. Lauterpacht; 26. Intervention before the International Court of Justice (the late) J. M. Ruda; 27. The use of Chambers of the International Court of Justice Eduardo Valencia-Ospina; 28. The use of experts by the International Court of Justice Gillian White; 29. Provisional measures Shigeru Oda; 30. Remedies in the International Court of Justice Ian Brownlie; 31. A comment on the current health of Advisory Opinions Rosalyn Higgins; Part V. The International Court of Justice and the United Nations: 32. The General Assembly, the International Court and self-determination James Crawford; 33. The International Court of Justice and the Security Council Krzysztof Skubiszewski; Index.