Course Description

This course explicates the law and procedure of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The content of the course is as follows: (01) "Nuclear Weapons on Trial”; (02) the ICJ as the Principal Judicial Organ of the United Nations; (03) the Composition of the ICJ; (04) Jurisdiction; (05) Optional Clause System as general; (06) Reservations of the Optional Clause Declarations; (07) Parties; (08) Proceedings; (09) Preliminary Objection; (10) Interim Measures of Protection; (11) Monetary Gold Case Principle and Intervention; (12) Res Judicata, Interpretation, and Revision of Judgment; (13) Advisory Opinion.