The International Court of Justice / created by Hugh Thirlway.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Court : Principal Judicial Organ of the United Nations
Composition of the Court and Role of the Registry
The Law Applied by the Court
Jurisdiction in Contentious Cases (I)
Jurisdiction in Contentious Cases (II)
Jurisdiction in Advisory Proceedings
Overview of Contentious Proceedings
The Procedure in a Contentious Case
Procedure in Advisory Cases
Form, Content, and Preparation of Decisions
The Effect of the Decision and its Enforcement
Judges' Separate and Dissenting Opinions
Provisional Measures
Preliminary Objections
Intervention
Interpretation and Revision of Judgments
The Court at 70 : Concluding Reflections

In recent years States have made more and more extensive use of the International Court of Justice for the judicial settlement of disputes. Despite being declared by the Court's Statute to have no binding force for States other than the parties to the case, its decisions have come to constitute a body of jurisprudence that is frequently invoked in other disputes, in international negotiation, and in academic writing. This jurisprudence, covering a wide range of aspects of international law, is the subject of considerable ongoing academic examination; it needs however to be seen against the background, and in the light, of the Court's structure, jurisdiction and operation, and the principles applied in these domains. The purpose of this book is thus to provide an accessible and comprehensive study of this aspect of the Court, and in particular of its procedure, written by a scholar who has had unique opportunities of close observation of the Court in action. This distillation of direct experience and expertise makes it essential reading for all those who study, teach or practise international law.