Fact-Finding Before the International Court of Justice

Informationen zum Autor James Gerard Devaney holds a Ph.D. from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. His doctoral research focused on international courts and tribunals, but he has published on a wide range of areas of international law, including state immunity, genocide, self-defence and the use of force, the law of the sea, and state succession to treaties. He currently teaches at the University of Glasgow. Klappentext A comprehensive study of the topical issue of fact-finding which makes realistic proposals to address the ICJ's problematic practice in this area. Zusammenfassung The International Court of Justice's handling of evidence in recent cases has prompted significant criticism both from international legal scholarship and from within the Court itself. Fact-Finding before the International Court of Justice assesses the merits of those criticisms and! drawing on the practice of other international courts! makes bold but practical proposals for reform. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Rules of evidence before the International Court of Justice; 2. Criticisms of the Court's current reactive approach to fact-finding; 3. The practice of other international courts and tribunals; 4. Winds of change: the possibility of reform; 5. A more proactive approach to fact-finding.

Product details

• Authors: James Gerard Devaney, James Gerard (University of Glasgow) Devaney, Devaney James Gerard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2016
• EAN: 9781107142213
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14221-3
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Relations, International Law, Public International Law