World Court Digest Volume 2 1991 1995 [Paperback]

The World Court Digest presents the decisions of the International Court of Justice. The new volume covers the period from 1991 to 1995. The pronouncements of the Court which are of importance for international law in the judgments including separate and dissenting opinions have been systematically arranged under specific topics concerning substantive international law as well as procedural international law. The World Court Digest provides the reader with a reliable means of access to the decisions of the most important international judicial organ concerning cases as important as the Lockerbie-case; the question of the violation of the genocide convention, of the nuclear test problem, to mention only some of the most important issues.The World Court Digest presents the decisions of the International Court of Justice. The new volume covers the period from 1991 to 1995. The pronouncements of the Court which are of importance for international law in the judgments including separate and dissenting opinions have been systematically arranged under specific topics concerning substantive international law as well as procedural international law. The World Court Digest provides the reader with a reliable means of access to the decisions of the most important international judicial organ concerning cases as important as the Lockerbie-case; the question of the violation of the genocide convention, of the nuclear test problem, to mention only some of the most important issues.I. Substantive International Law - First Part.- 1. The Foundations of International Law.- 1.1. Good Faith.- 1.2. Equity.- 1.3. Estoppel and Acquiescence.- 2. Sources of International Law.- 2.1. General Questions.- 2.1.1. Formation of Rules of International Law.- 2.1.2. Historic Rights.- 2.1.3. Rules of International Law of Regional and Local Application.- 2.1.4. lus cogens/Obligationserga omnes.- 2.1.5. Relation between the Sourl32