Title: States and the World Court: The Politics of Neglect
Abstract: The principal judicial organ of the United Nations, the tribunal that has been widely regarded as a potential World Supreme Court, sits at The Hague in a state of august indolence, neglected and underemployed. Election to membership on the International Court of Justice is a high honor, but it carries with it the threat that a distinguished international lawyer may be doomed to extended periods of judicial thumb-twiddling. The Court has had relatively little business, and it appears likely, for the foreseeable future, to have a declining rather than an increasing caseload. States have displayed little enthusiasm for taking their disputes to the Court, and even less for committing themselves in a meaningful way to arrangements that would enable the Court to assert jurisdiction without dependence upon the ad hoc consent of all the parties to a dispute. Similarly, states, considered collectively as international organs competent to request advisory opinions from the Court, have made limited use of that opportunity.
Publication Year: 1988
Publication Date: 1988-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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