The International Court of Justice and the judicial function / Gleider I. Hernández.

Publisher's description: This book evaluates the concept of the function of law through the prism of the International Court of Justice. It goes beyond a conventional analysis of the Court's case law and applicable law, to consider the compromise between supranational order and state sover...

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Main Author: Hernández, Gleider I. (Gleider Ignacio), 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:First Edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Bruno Simma, Peter Tomka
  • On the international judicial function
  • Towards legalization : constructing an international court
  • Identity and function : the judicial character of the Court
  • Justification and authority : the deliberative process
  • Impartiality and the role of the international judge
  • Normative authority and the adherence to precedent by the Court
  • A reluctant guardian : the Court and the concept of 'international community'
  • The essential judicial function and the international legal system
  • Beyond legalization : final thoughts.