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Machine generated contents note: I).Initial Observations on the Peaceful Resolution of International Disputes -- 1.Importance and Context -- a).Disputes are Normal, but Give Rise to Various Dangers -- b).Ways of Containing Disputes within the Margins of Internationally Acceptable Behaviour -- c).Nin...

Contents note continued: d).The Field to which Chapter VI Applies (Articles 33 et seq) -- e).Seising the Organs of the UN -- f).Action by the Security Council or the General Assembly -- g).Overall Summary -- II).Origins and Environment of the International Court of Justice at The Hague -- 1.Arbitrat...

Contents note continued: 4.The Main International Jurisdictions based at The Hague -- a).Other International Tribunals -- b).A Digression: Definition of Ìnternational Tribunal' -- III).The Texts Governing the Court's Activities -- 1.Constitutive Texts: The Statute and the Charter -- a).The Signific...

Contents note continued: e).Representation of the Main Forms of Civilization and the Principal Legal Systems of the World -- f).Ad hoc Judges -- g).Irremovability, Resignation and Incompatibility of Judges -- h).Quorum -- 2.Electing the Judges -- 3.Chambers of the Court -- a).General Observations --...

Contents note continued: 2.Discontinuing a Case -- a).The Object of Discontinuance and the Provisions of the Rules -- b).Formal Requirements for Discontinuance -- c).The Court's Practice -- d).Effects of Bilateral Character of Discontinuance -- e).The F̀inal' Nature of a Discontinuance -- f).The Par...

Contents note continued: a).Definition of a Preliminary Objection -- b).Preliminary Objections and Substantive Defences -- c).Formalities for Presenting Preliminary Objections -- d).Effects of Preliminary Objections: Scope of Decisions -- e).The Not-exclusively-preliminary Character of an Objection...

Contents note continued: b).Ònly states...', Article 34, Paragraph 1 of the Statute -- c).Participation by International Organisations in Exchanges of Information: Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 34 -- d).Member States of the United Nations which are ipso facto Parties to the Statute, Article 93, Par...

Contents note continued: e).The Application of Public International Law to Disputes -- f).Judgment ex aequo et bono -- 7.Consensual Jurisdiction (ratione consensus): When can the Court decide a Case? -- a).The Concept and Place of Consensual Jurisdiction -- b).Consent through Bilateral or Unilateral...

Contents note continued: 9.Limitation of the Court's Jurisdiction if the Subject of the Dispute affects the Rights and Obligations of Third States which have not Consented to it -- a).General Aspects -- b).Exercise of Jurisdiction Generally Prevented: the Monetary Gold Principle -- c).Inadmissibilit...

Contents note continued: d).Material Conditions for the Indication of Provisional Measures -- e).Procedure for the Indication of Provisional Measures -- f).Effects of Provisional Measures -- g).Provisional Measures in Advisory Opinion Cases -- h).The Role of the Security Council in the Context of Pr...

Contents note continued: 18.The Power to Pronounce a non liquet -- 19.Judgments and Orders by Consent -- 20.Declaratory Judgments -- 21.Effects of the Decision -- a).Definitions and Conceptual Features: The Force of res judicata, Binding Character of the Judgment and its Execution -- b).Legal Scope...

Contents note continued: a).General Points, including Typology -- b).Value and Dangers of the Court's Àppellate' Proceedings -- c).Jurisdiction and Procedure -- d).Degree of Cognisance -- e).Overview -- 26.Jurisdiction to Review the Legality of Acts of Other United Nations Organs, particularly the...

Contents note continued: b).The Principle of Free Assessment of the Evidence -- c).The General Rule ònus probandi incumbit actori' -- d).Limitations to the General Rule on Burden of Proof -- e).The Principle that the Parties must Cooperate with the Court to establish the Relevant Facts -- f).Standa...

Contents note continued: 7.Joinder or Consolidation of Cases -- 8.Costs -- 9.The Process of Judicial Decision-making -- 10.Individual and Dissenting Opinions -- VIII).Advisory Opinion Procedure: Opinions given to certain Organs of, or Affiliated to, the United Nations -- 1.What is an Advisory Opinio...

Contents note continued: d).Consent of the Parties when a Request is made for an Advisory Opinion on a Currently Pending Dispute between Them -- e).Interpretation and Reformulation of the Question by the Court -- 4.Admissibility of the Request: What Conditions must it Satisfy? -- 5.The Non-existent...

Contents note continued: 1.The Fundamental Principle of Equality as between the Parties -- a).General Considerations -- b).Equality as a Constitutional Principle -- c).Equality as a Principle of Reciprocity -- d).Equality as a Procedural Principle -- 2.The Maxim concerning the P̀roper Administration...

Contents note continued: e).Third Phase of the ICJ: Renaissance and Hyperactivity (1986-the Present Day) -- 3.The Handling of Precedents and the Technique of Distinguishing Them -- 4.Techniques of Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint -- XI).Miscellaneous Questions -- 1.The Court's Publications -...