Litigating International Law Disputes

Part I: 1. The place of international litigation in international law John Merrills; 2. Litigation versus dispute resolution through political processes Shirley V. Scott; 3. National and international litigation: partners or competitors? Christopher Ward; Part II: 4. Australia's experience in international litigation Henry Burmester; 5. Latin American states and the International Court of Justice Ximena Fuentes; 6. The United States as an international litigant Mark Feldman; 7. European perspectives on inter-state litigation Michael Wood; 8. Asian perspectives on inter-state litigation Rodman R. Bundy; 9. African perspectives on inter-state litigation Makane Moïse Mbengue; Part III: 10. Initiating territorial adjudication: the who, how, when and why of litigating contested sovereignty Lea Brilmayer and Adele Faure; 11. Why litigate a maritime boundary? Some contributing factors Coalter Lathrop; 12. Litigating law of the sea disputes using the UNCLOS dispute settlement system Md. Saiful Karim; 13. International environmental disputes: to sue or not to sue? Tim Stephens; 14. Why states resort to litigation in cases concerning the use of force? Christine Gray; 15. Adjudicating armed conflict John R. Crook; 16. Human rights as a subject of international litigation Ivan Shearer; 17. The WTO dispute settlement system and underlying motivating factors for adjudication M. Rafiqul Islam; 18. Resolving international investment disputes Chester Brown; 19. Dispute settlement options for the protection of nationals abroad Natalie Klein; Part IV: 20. Litigating international law disputes: whereto? Cesare P. R. Romano.