Litigating International Law Disputes Weighing the Options [Hardcover]

This book examines why states resort to international adjudication or arbitration for the resolution of their disputes.Written by scholars and practitioners, Litigating International Law Disputes provides a fresh understanding of why states resort to international adjudication or arbitration to resolve international law disputes. To this end, different substantive areas of international law are examined and case studies from particular countries and regions are analysed.Written by scholars and practitioners, Litigating International Law Disputes provides a fresh understanding of why states resort to international adjudication or arbitration to resolve international law disputes. To this end, different substantive areas of international law are examined and case studies from particular countries and regions are analysed.Litigating International Law Disputes provides a fresh understanding of why states resort to international adjudication or arbitration to resolve international law disputes. A group of leading scholars and practitioners discern the reasons for the use of international litigation and other modes of dispute settlement by examining various substantive areas of international law (such as human rights, trade, environment, maritime boundaries, territorial sovereignty and investment law) as well as considering case studies from particular countries and regions. The chapters also canvass the roles of international lawyers, NGOs, and private actors, as well as the political dynamics of disputes, and identify emergent trends in dispute settlement for different areas of international law.Part I: 1. The place of international litigation in international law John Merrills; 2. Litigation versus dispute resolution through political processes Shirley V. Scott; 3. National and international litigation: partners or competitors? Christopher Ward; Part II: 4. Australia's experience in international litigation Henry Burmester; 5. Latin American states and the Internationalc"