The Statute of the International Court of Justice ― A Commentary

This landmark publication in the field of international law delivers expert assessment of new developments in the important work of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from a team of renowned editors and commentators.The ICJ is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations and plays a central role in both the peaceful settlement of international disputes and the development of international law. This comprehensive Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice, now in its third edition, analyses in detail not only the Statute of the Court itself but also the related provisions of the United Nations Charter as well as the relevant provisions of the Court's Rules of Procedure.

Six years after the publication of the second edition, the third edition of the Commentary embraces current events before the International Court of Justice as well as before other courts and tribunals relevant for the interpretation and application of its Statute.The Commentary provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of all legal questions and issues the Court has had to address in the past, and looks forward to those it will have to address in the future. It illuminates the central issues of procedure and substance that the Court and counsel appearing before it face in their day-to-day work.

In addition to commentary covering all of the articles of the Statute of the ICJ, plus the relevant articles of the Charter of the United Nations, the book includes two scene-setting chapters: Historical Introduction and General Principles of Procedural Law, as well as important and instructive chapters on Counter-Claims, Discontinuation and Withdrawal, and Evidentiary Issues.

Andreas Zimmermann, Professor of International and European Law, University of Potsdam,Christian J. Tams, Chair of International Law, University of Glasgow

Professor Dr. Andreas Zimmermann is Professor at the University of Potsdam and Director of the Potsdam Centre of Human Rights; Dr. jur. (Heidelberg), LL.M. (Harvard); adviser German delegation United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; member Permanent Court of Arbitration; counsel in various cases before the ICJ and arbitral tribunals; judge ad hoc European Court of Human Rights (until 2018); member advisory boards on UN issues and on public international law German Ministry of Foreign Affairs; member of the advisory committee on international humanitarian law of the German Red Cross; member of the Human Rights Committee.

Christian J. Tams is Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow, where he directs the LLM in international law. He is a qualified lawyer in Germany (admitted in 2005) and holds LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Cambridge. His research in international law focuses on the settlement of international disputes, the law of State responsibility and investment arbitration. In addition to his academic work, Professor Tams practices international law as an academic member of Matrix Chambers, London, with a focus on inter-State disputes and investment arbitration.