Legacies of the Permanent Court of International Justice

Legacies of the Permanent Court of International Justice

Author: Christian J. Tams

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2013-01-09

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 900424493X

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'Legacies of the Permanent Court of International Justice' assesses the continuing relevance of the first 'world court' and shows how, for better or worse, it has shaped our thinking about binding legal dispute resolution.


International Legal Argument in the Permanent Court of International Justice

International Legal Argument in the Permanent Court of International Justice

Author: Ole Spiermann

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-01-06

Total Pages: 539

ISBN-13: 1139442686

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The International Court of Justice at The Hague is the principal judicial organ of the UN, and the successor of the Permanent Court of International Justice (1923–1946), which was the first real permanent court of justice at the international level. This 2005 book analyses the groundbreaking contribution of the Permanent Court to international law, both in terms of judicial technique and the development of legal principle. The book draws on archival material left by judges and other persons involved in the work of the Permanent Court, giving fascinating insights into many of its most important decisions and the individuals who made them (Huber, Anzilotti, Moore, Hammerskjöld and others). At the same time it examines international legal argument in the Permanent Court, basing its approach on a developed model of international legal argument that stresses the intimate relationships between international and national lawyers and between international and national law.


Assessing the Legacy of the ICTY

Assessing the Legacy of the ICTY

Author: Richard H. Steinberg

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2011-05-23

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 9004186247

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This collection of essays assesses the legacy established by the most important international criminal tribunal since the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials, and considers what might be done to enhance or modify the legacy of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), including improvement of the capacity of state courts in the region to prosecute violations of humanitarian law by using the Tribunal’s documents, evidence, law, and practice.


The Legacy of Nuremberg

The Legacy of Nuremberg

Author: David A. Blumenthal

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 9004156917

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In this new collection of essays the editors assess the legacy of the Nuremberg Trial asking whether the Trial really did have a civilising influence or if it constituted little more than institutionalised vengeance. Three essays focus particularly on the historical context and involve rich analysis of, for example, the atmospherics of the Trial itself and the attitudes of German society at the time to the conduct of the Trial. The majority of the essays deal with the contemporary legacies of the Nuremberg Trial and attempt to assess the ongoing relevance of the Judgment itself and of the principles encapsulated in it. Some essays consider the importance of the principle of individual criminal responsibility under international law and argue that the international community has to some extent failed to fulfil the promise of Nuremberg in the decades since the Trial. Other essays focus on contemporary application of aspects of the substantive law of Nuremberg - particularly the international crime of aggression, the law of military occupation and the use of the crime of conspiracy as an alternative basis of criminal responsibility. The collection also includes essays analysing the nature and operation of a number of international criminal tribunals since Nuremberg including the permanent International Criminal Court. The final grouping of essays focus on the impact of the Nuremberg Trial on Australia examining, in particular, Australia's post-World War Two war crimes trials of Japanese defendants, Australia's extensive national case law on Article 1(F) of the Refugee Convention and Australia's national implementing legislation for the Rome Statute.


The Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law

The Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law

Author: Stephen Allen

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 655

ISBN-13: 0191089370

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The Oxford Handbook of Jurisdiction in International Law provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the concept of jurisdiction in international law. Jurisdiction plays a fundamental role in international law, limiting the exercise of legal authority over international legal subjects. But despite its importance, the concept has remained, until now, underdeveloped. Discussions of jurisdiction in international law regularly refer to classic heads of jurisdiction based on territoriality or nationality, or use the SS Lotus decision of the Permanent Court of International Justice as a starting point. However, traditional understandings of jurisdiction are facing new challenges. Globalization has increased the need for jurisdiction to be applied extraterritorially, non-State forms of law provide new theoretical challenges and intersections between different forms of jurisdiction have become more intricate. This Handbook provides a necessary re-examination of the concept of jurisdiction in international law through a thematic analysis of its history, its contemporary application, and how it needs to adapt to encompass future developments in international law. It examines some of the most contentious elements of jurisdiction by considering how the concept is being applied in specific substantive and institutional settings.


The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

The Legal Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

Author: Charles Jalloh

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-07-16

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1107178312

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Explores how the first treaty-based UN international tribunal's judges innovatively applied the law to perpetrators of international crimes in one of the worst conflicts in recent history.


The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court

The Law and Practice of the International Criminal Court

Author: Carsten Stahn

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 1441

ISBN-13: 0198705166

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The International Criminal Court has significantly grown in importance and impact over the decade of its existence. This book assesses its impact, providing a comprehensive overview of its practice. It shows how the Court has contributed to major developments in international criminal law, and identifies the ways in which it is in need of reform.


The Law and Practice of the International Court, 1920-2005 (4 vols)

The Law and Practice of the International Court, 1920-2005 (4 vols)

Author: Shabtai Rosenne

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006-02-01

Total Pages: 1979

ISBN-13: 904740579X

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The popularity of his monumental and definitive works have established Shabtai Rosenne as the undisputed expert on the International Court of Justice’s law and practice. His broad exchange of correspondence and extensive conversations with members of the Court and its Registrars, as well as with other friends who know the Court and its practices well, and his experience in the Court and in the UN, especially the General Assembly and the Security Council, led him to undertake this major reconstruction of this work in the previous edition. Now divided into several substantive volumes, the work addresses: • The Court as one of the principal organs, and as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Diplomats and legal advisers who have to deal with matters relating to the Court on a political level, in different organs of the United Nations and in other offices will appreciate the full discussion of the diplomatic, political, and administrative aspects of the Court’s affairs. • Jurisdiction and the treatment of jurisdictional matters by the Court. This volume also includes the Court’s advisory jurisdiction; the advisory work has related to very difficult legal issues in matters of major political import. • The Court’s procedure. All of these arenas have undergone significant recent changes. The work’s practical features include the English text of the Charter of the United Nations, the Statute of the Court, the Practice Directions, and the 1978 Rules of the Court, together with a full set of indexes. The Fourth Edition (updated until 31 December 2005) of The Law and Practice of the International Court is an essential component of all international law libraries and an indispensable work for those practicing in the field, all of whom will appreciate access to the most recent work on the Court from this expert author.


Experiments in International Adjudication

Experiments in International Adjudication

Author: Ignacio de la Rasilla

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-03-28

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1108474942

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Examines many seminal experiments in international adjudication and the origins of several major existing international courts.


The International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court

Author: Marlies Glasius

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-03-29

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1134315678

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A universal criminal court : the emergence of an idea -- The global civil society campaign -- The victory : the independent prosecutor -- The defeat : no universal jurisdiction -- The controversy : gender and forced pregnancy -- The missed chance : banning weapons -- A global civil society achievement : why rejoice?