
Book contents
- International Law-Making by the International Court of Justice and International Law Commission
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law: 187
- International Law-Making by the International Court of Justice and International Law Commission
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The International Court of Justice and the International Law Commission: Joined at the Hip
- 3 “An Invaluable Guide”: The Commission’s Contribution to the Court’s Work
- 4 “An Inexhaustible Treasury of Experience”: The Court’s Influence on the Commission’s Work
- 5 Interaction beyond the Printed Page
- 6 Just a Disagreement between Friends: When the Court and the Commission Diverge
- 7 The Court and the Commission: A ‘Special Relationship’
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
4 - “An Inexhaustible Treasury of Experience”: The Court’s Influence on the Commission’s Work
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 October 2024
- International Law-Making by the International Court of Justice and International Law Commission
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law: 187
- International Law-Making by the International Court of Justice and International Law Commission
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The International Court of Justice and the International Law Commission: Joined at the Hip
- 3 “An Invaluable Guide”: The Commission’s Contribution to the Court’s Work
- 4 “An Inexhaustible Treasury of Experience”: The Court’s Influence on the Commission’s Work
- 5 Interaction beyond the Printed Page
- 6 Just a Disagreement between Friends: When the Court and the Commission Diverge
- 7 The Court and the Commission: A ‘Special Relationship’
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Summary
This chapter examines the unparalleled influence that the Court’s decisions have had on the Commission’s codification and progressive development of areas of the law under its consideration. It illustrates not only the great extent to which many of the Commission’s propositions have borrowed their authority from the pronouncements of the Court, but also the significant impact of the latter on the Commission’s choices concerning terminology and programme of work. The chapter further demonstrates the Commission’s conscious efforts to support the Court’s cause more broadly, including by encouraging the expansion of the Court’s jurisdiction and by promoting the doctrine of the sources of international law enshrined in its Statute.
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- International Law-Making by the International Court of Justice and International Law CommissionPartnership for Purpose in a Decentralized Legal Order, pp. 91 - 156Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024