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This Handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the concept of jurisdiction in international law. The authors undertake a thematic analysis of its history, its contemporary application, and how it needs to adapt to encompass future developments in international law.

Contents: 1. Introduction -- (A) Theoretical Approaches to the Assertion of Jurisdiction: 2. Jurisdiction: The State / Frank Berman -- 3. New Wine in Old Bottles or Old Wine in New Bottles or Only Old Wine in Old Bottles? Reflections on the Assertion of Jurisdiction in Public International Law / Iain Scobbie -- 4. The Exercise of Jurisdiction in Private International Law / Jonathan Hill -- (B) Approaches to the Assertion of Jurisdiction Political Bodies: 5. National Law,International Law and EU Law - How do they Relate? / Trevor Hartley -- 6. The Member States' Competence and Jurisdiction under the EU/EC Treaties / Stephen Hyett -- 7. Competition Law in a Globalized Marketplace: Beyond Jurisdiction / Brenda Sufrin -- 8. The Jurisdiction of the Security Council: Original Intention and New World Order(s) / Colin Warbrick -- 9. Jurisdiction, NATO and the Kosovo Conflict / Christopher Greenwood -- (C) Approaches to the Assertion of Jurisdiction by Adjudicative Bodies: 10. Approaches of Domestic Courts to the Assertion of International Jurisdiction / Hazel Fox -- 11. Assertion of Jurisdiction by the International Court of Justice / Abdul Koroma -- 12. Approaches to the Assertion of International Jurisdiction: The Human Rights Committee / Dominic McGoldrick -- 13. Some Problems of Compulsory Jurisdiction before Specialised Tribunals: The Law of the Sea / Alan Boyle --14 Activism and Restraint in the European Court of Justice / Stephen Weatherill -- 15. The Assertion of Jurisdiction by the European Court of Justice / John Usher.

This handbook provides an authoritative and comprehensive analysis of the concept of jurisdiction in international law. The authors undertake a thematic analysis of its history, its contemporary application, and how it needs to adapt to encompass future developments in international law.

Preliminary Material /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter One. Introductory Observations /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter Two. La Compétence de la Compétence /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter Three. Consent As The Basis Of Jurisdiction /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter Four. Interpretation Of Clauses Submitting To Jurisdiction /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter Five. The Matter Of Compétence /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter Six. Inadmissibility /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter Seven. Incidental Jurisdiction: Intervention And Interim Measures /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter Eight. Jurisdiction Vis-À-Vis Remedies /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter Nine. Jurisdiction To Reopen Cases /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Chapter Ten. The Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Annex To Chapter Ten /C. R. F. Amerasinghe -- Index /C. R. F. Amerasinghe.

The period of an international tribunal's temporal jurisdiction is the span of time during which an act must have occurred before the tribunal may consider if the act breached an obligation. There are many questions concerning this particular aspect of an international tribunal's jurisdiction. Does a tribunal have power over acts that occurred after the entry into force of the obligation allegedly breached but before the tribunal's jurisdiction was accepted? What about acts that began before the tribunal's jurisdiction was accepted but continued after? To what extent can acts before the period of the tribunal's jurisdiction affect its decision on whether or not there is a breach through acts afterwards? This text examines these questions in depth.

States are increasingly accepting the idea of compulsory jurisdiction for the International Court of Justice and the Court has more cases on its docket than ever before. This book is the first monograph in English dealing with the topic in a concise and accurate manner. Chapter I deals with basic general problems, such as the notion and bases of and the decisions on the ICJ jurisdiction. Chapter II presents the question of ICJ compulsory jurisdiction based on treaty provisions. The central issue, i.e. the ICJ compulsory jurisdiction based on the optional clause, is dealt with in Chapter III. After presenting specific questions, such as the essence of declarations accepting the optional clause, the principle of reciprocity, reservations, formal conditions, etc., the author concentrates in this chapter on the characteristics of the legal system created on the basis of the optional clause