Equity emerged as a powerful symbol of aspired redistribution in international relations. Operationally, it has had limited impact in the Westphalian system of nation states - except for maritime boundary delimitations. This book deals with the role of equity in international law, and offers a detailed case study on maritime boundary delimitation in the context of the enclosure movement in the law of the sea. It assesses treaty law and the impact of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It depicts the process of trial and error in the extensive case law of the International Court of Justice and arbitral tribunals and expounds the underlying principles and factors informing the methodology both in adjudication and negotiations. Unlike other books, the main focus is on equity and its implications for legal methodology, in particular offering further guidance in the field of international economic law.

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Equitable Principles of Maritime Boundary Delimitation: The Quest for Distributive Justice in International Law

This article addresses the question of how national governments decide to (1) sue in the International Court of Justice and (2) respond to being sued. The findings are based upon a series of confidential interviews with individuals who were either personally involved or had some governmental in-house familiarity with the cases examined. The study concludes with some empirically based generalizations on the factors considered by the governments involved, as well as evidence of the role the judicial process played in the bargaining process which eventually resolved the disputes.

Decisions to Use the International Court of JusticeFour Recent Cases

1. Introduction 2. Judicial decisions in international law 3. Key categories: armed conflicts and protected persons 4. Basic principles and fundamental guarantees 5. Means and methods of warfare 6. Enforcement 7. Prosecution of war crimes 8. Conclusion.

Judges, Law and War : The Judicial Development of International Humanitarian Law

Preface to the second edition Abbreviations and conference references Introduction 1. Historical development of rules of procedure of conferences and attempts to establish model rules 2. Adoption of rules of procedure 3. Rules of procedure and international law 4. Invitations, participation and credentials 5. Presiding officer and other officers of the conference 6. Meetings 7. Statements by delegations 8. Submission of proposals 9. Adjournment and closure of debate 10. Amendments 11. Withdrawal and reconsideration of motions and proposals 12. Procedural motions and points of order 14. Decision taking and method of voting 15. Majority required 16. Consensus 17. Separate votes 18. Conduct of voting: interruption of voting and correction of vote 19. Languages records and documents 20. Committees 21. Suspension and amendment of rules of procedure Bibliography.

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Citations

Equitable Principles of Maritime Boundary Delimitation: The Quest for Distributive Justice in International Law

Decisions to Use the International Court of JusticeFour Recent Cases

Judges, Law and War : The Judicial Development of International Humanitarian Law

Procedure at International Conferences: A Study of the Rules of Procedure at the UN and at Inter-governmental Conferences

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