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Constitutional and Institutional Developments: The Function of the International Court of Justice in the Development of International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2004

Christopher G. Weeramantry
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It is always a pleasure and privilege to address a body of students as they commence their graduate studies. You have climbed the foothills successfully and have reached the first plateau. But there are many peaks ahead, and as you commence your ascent of one of them today, I wish you the very best of luck in reaching the sunlit plateau that lies ahead. When you arrive there, you will no doubt see other peaks which you may wish to climb, because any branch of study reveals ever higher and higher peaks. The higher you go, the more you see. These summits are sometimes even hidden in the clouds. You keep discovering them, and even if their existence is known, they are often unexplored territory. Pathways have to be found through them. That is part of the intellectual excitement you will commence today as you leave the well-trodden paths and begin to carve out pathways for yourselves. I congratulate you and wish you God speed on your journey.

Keywords

dispute settlementdevelopment of international lawInternational Court of Justicejudgesjurisprudence
Type
HAGUE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS: International Court of Justice
Information
Leiden Journal of International Law , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 309 - 340
Copyright
© 1997 Kluwer Law International

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Footnotes

Opening Lecture delivered by Judge Christopher G. Weeramantry on the occasion of the opening of the LL.M. Public International Law Programme of the University of Leiden on Wednesday, 2 October 1996.