Issues of State Responsibility before International Judicial Institutions

The Clifford Chance Lectures

Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Dan Sarooshi, Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Dan Sarooshi

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Year: 2004
• Print ISBN:
  9781841133898
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781847310545
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

This book contains papers presented at a high-level conference that was jointly organized by the Institute of Global Law, University College London and the Institute of International Law, Queen Mary, University of London. The chapters cover issues of State Responsibility before the following international judicial institutions: the International Court of Justice, The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the World Trade Organization, United Nations Compensation Commission, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, and International & Regional Human Rights Courts.

Contributors include: H.E. Judge Dame Rosalyn Higgins D.B.E., Q.C., Emeritus Professor Ian Brownlie C.B.E.,Q.C., Professor Malcolm Shaw Q.C., Professor Maurice Mendelson Q.C., Professor Christopher Greenwood C.M.G., Q.C., Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill, Dr Matthew Craven, H.E. Judge Benedetto Conforti, Professor Malcolm Evans, Professor Dominic McGoldrick, Professor Gerhard Loibl and Dr Olufemi Elias.

Table of contents

• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Title verso
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• 1. Issues of State Responsibility before the International Court of Justice
• 2. State Responsibility and the International Court of Justice
• 3. The International Court, Responsibility and Remedies
• 4. State Responsibility for Breach of Interim Protection Orders of the International Court of Justice
• 5. State Responsibility for the Decisions of National Courts
• 6. State Responsibility and the 'Good Faith' Obligation in International Law
• 7. For the 'Common Good': Rights and Interests in the Law of State Responsibility
• 8. Exploring the Strasbourg Case-Law: Reflections on State Responsibility for the Breach of Positive Obligations
• 9. State Responsibility and the European Convention on Human Rights: Role and Realm
• 10. State Responsibility and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• 11. Environmental Law and Non-Compliance Procedures: Issues of State Responsibility
• 12. The UN Compensation Commission and Liability for the Costs of Monitoring and Assessment of Environmental Damage