Sunday, March 30, 2025

Skordas & Mardikian: Research Handbook on the International Court of Justice

Achilles Skordas
(Univ. of Bristol) & Lisa Mardikian (Brunel Univ. London) have published Research Handbook on the International Court of Justice (Edward Elgar Publishing 2025). The table of contents is here. Here's the abstract:

This Research Handbook presents an in-depth examination of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Contributing authors dissect the global governance functions of the ICJ and its impact on national legal orders worldwide.

Incorporating a comprehensive analysis of the key functions of the ICJ, including the attainment of international peace and law-making, leading experts situate the jurisprudence of the Court in a broader theoretical framework. They identify its core judicial practices and delineate its interactions with international and supranational courts and tribunals such as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Ultimately, this Research Handbook interrogates the centrality, power and authority of the ICJ and encourages further research in the field.