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11 - The Working Practices of the Court

from Part II - The ICJ and International Dispute Settlement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2023

By
Callista Harris
Edited by
Carlos Espósito  and
Kate Parlett
Carlos Espósito
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Kate Parlett
Affiliation:
Twenty Essex, London
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Summary

This chapter describes the working practices of the Court, and the reforms made to increase the speed of cases, as well as to improve the processes. The author notes that the Court has demonstrated significant agility in its more recent amendments to the Rules to take account of the worldwide pandemic, and argues that there is evidence to suggest that the Court is becoming more assertive, moving away from its traditionally high level of deference to States.

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Statute of the ICJRules of the ICJPractice Directionsproper administration of justiceequality of the partiesseisin of the Courtnotification of proceedingsincidental proceedingspost-adjudication phase
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The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice , pp. 223 - 246
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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Further Reading

International Law Association Committee on the Procedure of International Courts and Tribunals, ‘Preliminary Report’, 17 January 2017, Section II.Google Scholar
Miron, A., ‘Working Methods of the Court’ 7(2) JIDS (2016) 371.Google Scholar
Pinzauti, G. and Webb, P., ‘Litigation before the International Court of Justice during the Pandemic’ 34(4) LJIL (2021) 787.Google Scholar
Quintana, J. J., Litigation at the International Court of Justice: Practice and Procedure (Brill Nijhoff, 2015).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ugalde, S. and Quintana, J. J., ‘Managing Litigation before the International Court of Justice’ 9(4) JIDS (2018) 691.Google Scholar

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