Justice in International Law Selected Writings [Hardcover]

Articles and commentaries examining the performance and capacity of the International Court of Justice, aspects of international arbitration, and the unlawful use of force amongst other salient issues.Judge Stephen M. Schwebel has been a highly respected member of the International Court of Justice since 1981. Over the last 45 years he has written more than 100 articles, commentaries and book reviews. This volume brings together 36 of his legal articles and commentaries of continuing interest.Judge Stephen M. Schwebel has been a highly respected member of the International Court of Justice since 1981. Over the last 45 years he has written more than 100 articles, commentaries and book reviews. This volume brings together 36 of his legal articles and commentaries of continuing interest.Judge Stephen M. Schwebel has been a highly-respected member of the International Court of Justice since 1981. This volume brings together thirty-six of his legal articles and commentaries of continuing interest. He examines the performance and capacity of the International Court of Justice; aspects of international arbitration; problems of the United Nations; questions of international contracts and taking foreign property interests; and the development of international law, and in particular the central problem of the unlawful use of force.Part I. INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE: 1. Reflections on the role of the International Court of Justice; 2. Relations between the International Court of Justice and the United Nations; 3. Was the capacity to request an advisory opinion wider in the permanent Court of International Justice than it is in the International Justice?; 4. Authorising the Secretary-General of the United Nations to request advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice; 5. Preliminary rulings by the International Court of Justice at the instance of national courts; 6. Chambers of the International Court of Justice formed for particular cases; 7. Three cases of faclc(