| Fifty Years of the International Court of Justice: Essays in Honour of Sir Robert Jennings Contributor(s): Lowe, Vaughan (Editor), Fitzmaurice, Malgosia (Editor), Vaughan, Lowe (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521550939 ISBN-13: 9780521550932 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the International Court of Justice, a distinguished group of international judges, practitioners and academics has undertaken a major review of its work. The chapters discuss the main areas of substantive law with which the Court has been concerned, and the more significant aspects of its practice and procedure in dealing with cases before it. It discusses the role of the Court in the international legal order and its relationship with the political organs of the United Nations. The thirty-three chapters are presented under five headings: the Court; the sources and evidence of international law; substance of international law; procedural aspects of the Court's work; the Court and the United Nations. It has been prepared in honour of Sir Robert Jennings, judge and sometime President of the Court. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | International - Political Science - Law | Air & Space |
| Dewey: 341.552 |
| LCCN: 95006516 |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.48 lbs) 684 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This multi-author text offers a critical review of the work of the International Court of Justice, and its relations with the political organs of the United Nations, during the past fifty years. Its purpose is to draw together the reflections of the most eminent international judges, practitioners and academics in the field of public international law, on the way that the Court has handled the matters put before it. No other text has such a distinguished team of specialist contributors, or the comprehensive coverage of this volume. |