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
- Part II The ICJ and International Dispute Settlement
- 6 The Jurisdiction of the Court
- 7 Provisional Measures
- 8 The International Court of Justice as the Master of the Sources
- 9 Fact-Finding and Expert Evidence
- 10 The ICJ and Other Courts and Tribunals: Integration and Fragmentation
- 11 The Working Practices of the Court
- 12 Procedure in Contentious Cases: Evolution and Flexibility
- 13 Effective Advocacy at the ICJ
- Part III The Impact of the ICJ’s Jurisprudence
- Index
- References
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
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
- Part II The ICJ and International Dispute Settlement
- 6 The Jurisdiction of the Court
- 7 Provisional Measures
- 8 The International Court of Justice as the Master of the Sources
- 9 Fact-Finding and Expert Evidence
- 10 The ICJ and Other Courts and Tribunals: Integration and Fragmentation
- 11 The Working Practices of the Court
- 12 Procedure in Contentious Cases: Evolution and Flexibility
- 13 Effective Advocacy at the ICJ
- Part III The Impact of the ICJ’s Jurisprudence
- Index
- References
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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- The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice , pp. 223 - 246Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
References
Further Reading
International Law Association Committee on the Procedure of International Courts and Tribunals, ‘Preliminary Report’, 17 January 2017, Section II.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