The Manual on International Courts and Tribunals / by Ruth Mackenzie...[et al].

It includes index pages.

Description:
The dramatic rise in the number of international courts and tribunals and the expansion of their legal powers has been one of the most significant developments in international law of the late 20th century. The emergence of an international judiciary provided international law with a stronger than ever law enforcement apparatus, and facilitated the transformation of many aspects of international relations from being power-based to being law-based.

The first edition of the Manual on International Courts and Tribunals, published in 1999, was the first book to survey systematically this new institutional landscape, by describing in an accessible and uniformly structured manner the legal powers and operating procedures of all major international judicial and quasi-judicial bodies. In doing so, it laid the groundwork for comparative study and research of the law and practice of international courts and tribunals - an emerging field of international legal research, which has already spurred a series of publications, conferences and academic courses.

This second edition updates the first edition by describing the many legal changes that have taken place in the last decade, including important reforms in the laws and procedures of many international courts and tribunals, relevant developments in their increasingly rich jurisprudence and the creation of new judicial fora. Moreover, it assesses the overall record of these judicial bodies. The data and legal analysis offered in the book provide both practitioners and academics with an important basis of knowledge that will help them better understand the details of international adjudication and its context.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A system of international courts and tribunals
Part One: The Global Courts
1:The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
2:The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
3:The Appellate Body of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (AB)
Part Two: Arbitration Institutions
4:The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
5:International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
6:Other Arbitration Institutions and Rules
Part Three: International Criminal Courts
7:The International Criminal Court (ICC)
8:The ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals (ICTY, ICTR)
9:The Hybrid Criminal Tribunals
Part Four: Regional Economic Integration Bodies/Free Trade Arrangements
10:The Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ)
11:Courts of Justice of other Economic Communities
12:North American Free Trade Area (NAFTA) dispute settlement procedures
Part Five: Human Rights Bodies
13:European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)
14:Inter-American Court and Commission of Human Rights
15:African Court and Commission of Human and Peoples' Rights
16:Human Rights Committee (HRC)
17:Other UN Treaty Bodies
18:Social Rights Committees
Part Six: Inspection Panels
19:World Bank Inspection Panel
20:Other Inspection Panels
Conclusions: Comparisons, Distinctions and Prospects