Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to The International Court of Justice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I The Role of the ICJ
- 1 Functions of the International Court of Justice
- 2 The Role of an ICJ Judge
- 3 The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Development of International Law
- 4 The Institutional Context of the International Court of Justice
- 5 Assessing the Effectiveness of the International Court of Justice
- Part II The ICJ and International Dispute Settlement
- Part III The Impact of the ICJ’s Jurisprudence
- Index
- References
5 - Assessing the Effectiveness of the International Court of Justice
from Part I - The Role of the ICJ
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 May 2023
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to The International Court of Justice
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I The Role of the ICJ
- 1 Functions of the International Court of Justice
- 2 The Role of an ICJ Judge
- 3 The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Development of International Law
- 4 The Institutional Context of the International Court of Justice
- 5 Assessing the Effectiveness of the International Court of Justice
- Part II The ICJ and International Dispute Settlement
- Part III The Impact of the ICJ’s Jurisprudence
- Index
- References
Summary
The chapter assesses the effectiveness of the ICJ. The authors set out an evaluative framework for assessing the Court’s effectiveness, adopting a goals-based analysis. They identify the ICJ’s goals, and then consider the structural features of the Court that assist and hinder it from achieving those goals. By reference to specific examples, the authors then consider whether the ICJ has achieved its goals in practice, concluding that its record of achievement produces mixed results, but highlighting the Court’s success in preserving confidence in international adjudication.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice , pp. 101 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Further Reading
von Bogdandy, A. and Venzke, I., In Whose Name? A Public Law Theory of International Adjudication (Oxford University Press, 2014).Google Scholar
Couvreur, Philip, The International Court of Justice and the Effectiveness of International Law (Brill, 2017).Google Scholar
Helfer, Laurence, The Effectiveness of International Adjudicators, in The Oxford Handbook on International Adjudication, in Romano, C. P. R., Alter, K. J. and Shany, Y. (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2013) 464.Google Scholar
Hernandez, Gleider, The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function (Oxford University Press, 2014).Google Scholar
Shany, Yuval, Assessing the Effectiveness of International Courts (Oxford University Press, 2014).Google Scholar