Procedure in the International Court: A Commentary on the 1978 Rules of the International Court of Justice

The present Repertory presents in 'manual' form the case law of the International Court of Justice. It attempts a popularization of the Court's maxims in plain language for easy reading so as to provide not only the internationalists but also practitioners & students with a full & readily consultable digest on a rich & important body of judicial opinions, in the knowledge of the Court's decisive role in ascertaining, noting & developing the rules of international law. The Repertory embodies a corpus of legal maxims synthesized ex novo from decisions of the Court. These rules have been arranged in a systematic order under headings & subheadings & classed in a logical sequence under each heading in order that the reader may proceed from the general to the specific. The present Repertory also contains an extensive section dealing with the procedure of the International Court & the interpretation of the procedural rules contained in its Statute & Rules of Court. A smaller section deals with advisory proceedings serving the object of an appeal.