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3 - The Role of the International Court of Justice in the Development of International Law

from Part I - The Role of the ICJ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2023

Carlos Espósito
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Kate Parlett
Affiliation:
Twenty Essex, London
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The chapter deals with the role of the ICJ in the development of international law from both a doctrinal and a practical perspective. It considers concrete examples of the way in which the Court’s judgments and opinions have had an influence on the development of international law, and it concludes that the Court has in practice had a significant impact on the development of international law, even though that goes beyond its core mandate.

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Print publication year: 2023

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Frulli, Michaela ‘“Time Will Tell Who Just Fell and Who’s Been Left Behind”: On the Clash between the International Court of Justice and the Italian Constitutional Court14 Journal of International Criminal Justice (2016) 587.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hernandez, Gleider The International Court of Justice and the Judicial Function (Oxford, 2014).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Mistry, Hemi ‘“The Different Sets of Ideas at the Back of our Heads”: Dissent and Authority at the International Court of Justice32 Leiden Journal of International Law (2019) 293.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nouwen, Sarah M. H.Return to Sender: Let the International Court of Justice Justify or Qualify International-Criminal-Court Exceptionalism Regarding Personal Immunities78 Cambridge Law Journal (2019) 596.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nucup, Neil B.Infallible or Final? Revisiting the Legitimacy of the International Court of Justice as the “Invisible” International Supreme Court18 The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals (2019) 145.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Park, LeoThe International Court and Rule-Making: Finding Effectiveness39 University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law (2018) 1965.Google Scholar
Rosenne, Shabtai ‘International Court of Justice’ Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (online 2006).Google Scholar
Tams, Christian and Sloan, James (eds.) The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice (Oxford, 2013).Google Scholar

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