Research Catalog

Title

Manual on international courts and tribunals / editor, Philipe Sands ; assistant editors, Ruth Mackenzie, Yuval Shany.

Publication

London : Butterworths, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sands, Philippe, 1960-
• Mackenzie, Ruth.
• Shany, Yuval
• Program on International Courts and Tribunals.

Description

xxxviii, 346 p.; 26 cm.

Summary

This book provides an overview of the jurisdiction and procedures of all the principal general and specialised international dispute settlement bodies. This includes those established in the areas of human rights; international criminal law; law of the sea; trade; investment and regional economic co-operation; development finance; and the environment. Written by leading experts, this book is a practical guide on how to bring, defend or intervene in proceedings before these institutions and clarify how they work. It provides the information needed to offer advice on the appropriate forum, with the confidence of being fully aware of the global range of possibilities and how to use them.

Subject

International courts

Genre/Form

Textbooks (form)

Note

• "PICT"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- A: General Bodies -- International Court of Justice (ICJ) -- Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) -- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. (ITLOS) -- Court of Conciliation and Arbitration (OCSE) -- B: Trade, Commercial and Investment Protection Dispute Settlement Bodies and Rules -- World Trade Organisation dispute settlement system -- International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) -- International Court of Arbitration of the ICC -- C: Regional Economic Integration Bodies -- Court of Justice of the European Communities -- Andean Court of Justice -- NAFTA Dispute Settlement Panels -- EFTA Court -- Central American Court of Justice -- Court of Justice of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) -- D: Human Rights Bodies -- European Court of Human Rights -- Inter-American Court of Human Rights -- African Commission on Human and People's Rights -- Human Rights Committee -- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination -- Committee against Torture -- International Labour Organisation Representation and Complaint Procedure -- E: International Criminal tribunals -- International Criminal Court -- F: Inspection Panels -- World Bank Inspection Panel -- Inter-American Development Bank -- Asian Development Bank -- G: Non-compliance Procedure -- Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone layer.

ISBN

0406925313

OCLC

• 41926007
• SCSB-10191304

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library