Nicaragua Before the International Court of Justice

Part I. Introduction

1. Introduction from the Bench
Mohammed Bedjaoui

2. Introduction from the Podium
Alain Pellet

Part II. Evidentiary Matters

3.
Nicaragua v. United States and Matters of Evidence Before the International Court of Justice
Paul S. Reichler, Yuri B. Parkhomenko

Part III. The Nicaraguan Sagas Before the International Court of Justice (Overviews)

4. The Nicaragua v. United States Case: An Overview of the Epochal Judgments
Fernando Lusa Bordin

5. The Saga of the 1858 Treaty of Limits: The Cases Against Costa Rica
Daniel Müller

6. The Territorial and Maritime Dispute (Nicaragua v. Colombia) and Its Implications for Future Maritime Delimitations in the Caribbean Sea and Elsewhere
Lawrence H. Martin, Yuri B. Parkhomenko

Part IV. Jurisdictional Issues in the Nicaraguan Cases

7. The Pact of Bogotá in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice
Antonio Remiro Brotóns

8. Nicaragua’s Impacts on Optional Clause Practice
Brian McGarry

Part V. Substantive Issues in the Nicaraguan Cases

9. Nicaragua in the International Court of Justice and the Law of Treaties
Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Anna Ventouratou

10. Customary Law, General Principles, Unilateral Acts
Malgosia Fitzmaurice

11. Customary Principle of Sovereignty of States in the Nicaragua Case
Vaughan Lowe

12. The Law of State Responsibility in the Nicaraguan Cases
Benjamin Samson, Tessa Barsac

13. The Use of Force in the Nicaraguan Cases
William Schabas

14. International Law of the Sea and the Nicaraguan Cases
Donald R. Rothwell

15. Environmental Law and Freshwater Ecosystems
Stephen C. McCaffrey

Part VI. Procedural Issues in the Nicaraguan Cases

16. Intervention
Alina Miron

17. Provisional Measures
Hugh Thirlway

18. Joinder of Cases: Strengthening the Sound Administration of Justice and the Judicial Economy
Edgardo Sobenes Obregon

Part VII. Conclusions

19. Conclusions
Pierre d’Argent

Nyckelord: Law, Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration, Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations, International Environmental Law, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, International Relations