The Decline of the International Court of Justice
U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 233; U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 81
39 Pages Posted: 6 Dec 2004
Date Written: December 2004
Abstract
The International Court of Justice is the judicial organ of the United Nations and the preeminent international court, but its caseload is light and has declined over the long term relative to the number of states. This paper examines evidence of the ICJ's decline, and analyzes two possible theories for this decline. The first is that states stopped using the ICJ because the judges did not apply the law impartially but favored the interests of their home states. The second is that the ICJ has been the victim of conflicting interests among the states that use and control it.
Keywords: United Nations
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?
Recommended Papers
-
Adjudicating in Anarchy: An Expressive Theory of International Dispute Resolution
By Tom Ginsburg and Richard H. Mcadams
-
Almost Consistent Estimation of Panel Probit Models with 'Small' Fixed Effects
By Francois Laisney and Michael Lechner