This comprehensive Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice analyses in detail the Statute of the Court, and the related provisions of the UN Charter and of the Court's Rules of Procedure. The expertise of its authors, and the depth of its analysis, make this a landmark publication in the field of international law.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Tomka: General Introduction Spiermann: Historical Introduction PART TWO: RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF THE UN CHARTER Caron/Tomuschat: Article 2, para. 3 UN Charter Gowlland-Debbas/Forteau: Article 7 UN Charter Caron/Tomuschat: Article 33 UN Charter Giegerich: Article 36 UN Charter Chesterman/Oellers-Frahm: Article 92 UN Charter Oellers-Frahm/Zimmermann: Article 93 UN Charter Tams: Article 94 UN Charter Finke: Article 95 UN Charter d'Argent: Article 96 UN Charter PART THREE: STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE Chesterman/Gowlland-Debbas: Article 1 Chapter I. Organization of the Court Aznar/Methymaki: Article 2 Aznar/Boos: Article 3 Georget: Article 4 Georget: Article 5 Georget: Article 6 Georget: Article 7 Georget: Article 8 Fassbender: Article 9 Fassbender: Article 10 Fassbender: Article 11 Fassbender: Article 12 Dugard: Article 13 Dugard: Article 14 Dugard: Article 15 Couvreur: Article 16 Couvreur: Article 17 Anderson/Wordsworth: Article 18 Anderson/Wordsworth: Article 19 Khan: Article 20 Shaw: Article 21 Shaw: Article 22 Ollivier: Article 23 Jennings/Couvreur: Article 24 Palchetti: Article 25 Palchetti: Article 26 Palchetti: Article 27 Palchetti: Article 28 Palchetti: Article 29 Thirlway: Article 30 Kooijmans/Bordin: Article 31 Espósito: Article 32 Espósito: Article 33 Gaja: Relationship of the ICJ with Other International Courts and Tribunals Chapter II. Competence of the Court Dupuy/Hoss: Article 34 Zimmermann: Article 35 Tomuschat: Article 36 Simma/Richemond-Barak: Article 37 Pellet/Müller: Article 38 Kolb: General Principles of Procedural Law Chapter III. Procedure Kohen: Article 39 Yee: Article 40 Murphy: Counter-Claims Article 80 of the Rules Oellers-Frahm/Zimmermann: Article 41 Berman/Hernández: Article 42 Macak: Article 43 Walter: Article 44 Yee: Article 45 von Schorlemer/Tzanakopoulos: Article 46 von Schorlemer/Tzanakopoulos: Article 47 Torres Bernárdez/Moïse Mbengue: Article 48 Benzing: Evidentiary Issues Tams/Devaney: Article 49 Tams/Devaney: Article 50 Tams: Article 51 Tams: Article 52 von Mangoldt/Zimmermann: Article 53 Fassbender: Article 54 Fassbender: Article 55 Damrosch: Article 56 Hofmann/Karl: Article 57 Khan: Article 58 Brown: Article 59 Wegen: Discontinuance and Withdrawal Zimmermann/Thienel: Article 60 Zimmermann/Geiss: Article 61 Miron/Chinkin: Article 62 Miron/Chinkin: Article 63 Espósito: Article 64 Chapter IV. Advisory Opinions d'Argent: Article 65 Paulus: Article 66 Paulus: Article 67 Cot/Wittich: Article 68 Chapter V. Amendment Karl: Article 69 Karl: Article 70

Fully revised and updated new edition of the only article-by-article commentary on the founding Statute of the most important court in international law Commentary on each provision of the Statute is augmented by analysis of the relevant UN Charter provisions relating to the Court Draws parallels with other international courts and tribunals, giving a valuable in-depth understanding of the work of the International Court of Justice

Professor Dr. Andreas Zimmermann is Professor at the University of Potsdam and Director of the Potsdam Centre of Human Rights; Dr. jur. (Heidelberg), LL.M. (Harvard); adviser German delegation United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; member Permanent Court of Arbitration; counsel in various cases before the ICJ and arbitral tribunals; judge ad hoc European Court of Human Rights (until 2018); member advisory boards on UN issues and on public international law German Ministry of Foreign Affairs; member of the advisory committee on international humanitarian law of the German Red Cross; member of the Human Rights Committee. Christian J. Tams is Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow, where he directs the LLM in international law. He is a qualified lawyer in Germany (admitted in 2005) and holds LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cambridge. His research in international law focuses on the settlement of international disputes, the law of State responsibility and investment arbitration. In addition to his academic work, Professor Tams practices international law as an academic member of Matrix Chambers, London, with a focus on inter-State disputes and investment arbitration.

Fully revised and updated new edition of the only article-by-article commentary on the founding Statute of the most important court in international law Commentary on each provision of the Statute is augmented by analysis of the relevant UN Charter provisions relating to the Court Draws parallels with other international courts and tribunals, giving a valuable in-depth understanding of the work of the International Court of Justice