Local International Adjudication: The Groundbreaking 'Experiment' of the Arbitral Tribunal for Upper Silesia

Abstract

This chapter provides a detailed description of what was arguably the most sophisticated international tribunal of the interwar period, namely the Arbitral Tribunal for Upper Silesia (1922-1937). Based on bibliographical, archival, and photographic records, this paper also reflects on the procedural and personal continuities between the Arbitral Tribunal for Upper Silesia and the European Court of Justice (ECJ).