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.

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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.

Inhalt
I. Substantive International Law - First Part.- 1. The Foundations of International Law.- 2. Sources of International Law.- 3. International Law and Municipal Law.- 4. Subjects of International Law.- 5. The United Nations.- 6. Use of Force and Related Problems.- 7. Law of Treaties.- 8. Violations of International Law and Responsibility of States.- II. Substantive International Law - Second Part.- 1. Territory of States.- 2. Law of The Sea.- 3. Air and Space Law.- 4. Self-Determination.- 5. Nationality.- 6. Minorities.- 7. Law of Aliens.- 8. Human Rights.- 9. Law of Armed Conflicts.- 10. Dispute Settlement.- 11. Diplomacy and Consular Matters.- 12. International Economic Law.- 13. International Environmental Law.- 14. Extradition.- III. The International Court of Justice.- 1. Fundamental Principles.- 2. The Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.- 3. The Procedure of the International Court of Justice.- 4. Judgments of the International Court of Justice.- 5. Advisory Opinions of the International Court of Justice.- Summaries of the Decisions.- Passage Through the Great Belt (Finland v. Denmark).- Arbitral Award of 31 July 1989 (Guinea-Bissau v. Senegal).- Questions of Interpretation and Application of the 1971 Montreal Convention Arising from the Aerial Incident at Lockerbie (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United Kingdom) and (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. United States of America).- Case Concerning Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru, Preliminary Objections (Nauru v. Australia).- Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute Case (El Salvador v. Honduras).- Maritime Delimitation in the Area between Greenland and Jan Mayen (Denmark v. Norway).- Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)).- Case Concerning Territorial Dispute (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya v. Chad).- Maritime Delimitations and Territorial Questions between Qatar and Bahrain (Qatar v. Bahrain).- Case Concerning East Timor (Portugal v. Australia).- Request for an Examination of the Situation in Accordance with Paragraph 63 of the Court's 1974 Judgment in the Nuclear Tests Case (New Zealand v. France).- The Judges of the International Court of Justice 1991-1995.- Judges ad hoc.- General Index.