Testing Compliance Theories: Towards US Obedience of International Law in the Avena Case

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
DIRK PULKOWSKI
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
Oxford University ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Impact

Eyal Benvenisti and Moshe Hirsch (eds.), The Impact of International Law on International Cooperation: Theoretical Perspectives, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0521835542, 330 pp., £55.00 (hb).Markus Burgstaller, Theories of Compliance with International Law, Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff, 2005, ISBN 9004141936, 244 pp., €98.00 (hb).Constanze Schulte, Compliance with Decisions of the International Court of Justice, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0199276722, 500 pp., £75.00 (hb).Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.Thomas H. Huxley

Nicaragua: 25 Years Later

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
CRISTINA HOSS ◽  
SANTIAGO VILLALPANDO ◽  
SANDESH SIVAKUMARAN
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Law School ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
Netherlands Society ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
International Courts ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
University College London ◽  
The Impact

The case concerning Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua, better known as the ‘Nicaragua case’ or simply Nicaragua, is arguably one of the most important and controversial cases ever to be heard by the International Court of Justice. Twenty-five years after the judgment on the merits was handed down, it is high time to reassess the impact of Nicaragua on international law. The joint efforts of the Grotius Centre of the Leiden Law School, the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London, the Netherlands Society of International Law, and the law firm Foley Hoag LLP resulted in a one-day conference, on 27 June 2011, the very day on which the judgment on the merits of the Nicaragua case was handed down, 25 years ago.

Reflections on the Territorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia before the International Court of Justice

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 909-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
YOSHIFUMI TANAKA
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Law Of The Sea ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Icj ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Impact

AbstractOn 19 November 2012, the International Court of Justice gave its judgment concerning the Territorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia. This judgment includes several important issues which need serious consideration, such the as legal status of maritime features, the interpretation and application of Article 121 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the methodology of maritime delimitations, the role of proportionality in maritime delimitations, and the impact of the judgment upon third states and effect of Article 59 of the ICJ Statute. Focusing on these issues, this contribution aims to analyse the judgment of 2012 from a viewpoint of the international law of the sea, in particular, the law of maritime delimitation.

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