New Challenges to International Law - A View from the Hague

This book collects the reflections developed during a seminar which took place at the Peace Palace (the Hague), about inter alia the acceptance of the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a prerequisite to dispute settlement - the so-called optional clause.

About the author

Steven van Hoogstraten (1949) obtained his degree in international law at Groningen University in 1974. After a 25 year career in positions within different departments of the Government (Foreign Affairs, Agriculture & Fish, Health, and Justice) he became the General Director of the Netherlands' Carnegie Foundation in 2002. In that capacity he was responsible for the daily management of the Peace Palace, a major international monument of 1913 and home to the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration. From 2002 he also worked as the Treasurer of the Hague Academy of International Law. Steven van Hoogstraten retired mid 2015.

Product details

• Assisted by: Steven van Hoogstraten (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2018
• EAN: 9789004384286
• ISBN: 978-90-04-38428-6
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 234 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Nijhoff Law Specials
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law