The International Court of Justice and municipal courts: an inter-judicial dialogue

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Municipal courts' decisions in the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice -- 1.1 Questions of international law and municipal jurisprudence -- 1.1.1 Municipal courts' decisions and interpretation of treaties -- 1.1.2 Municipal courts' decisions and determination of customary rules -- 1.1.3 Municipal courts' decisions as subsidiary sources of international law -- 1.1.4 Jus cogens before the ICJ and municipal courts -- 1.1.5 International remedies and municipal courts' decisions -- 1.1.6 Influence of municipal courts' decisions on the jurisdiction of the ICJ and admissibility of cases -- 1.1.7 Procedural issues and (dis)analogy of national process of law -- 1.2 Questions of fact and municipal judicial decisions -- 1.2.1 Municipal courts' decisions and the subject-matter of a dispute before the ICJ -- 1.2.2 Municipal courts' decisions as effectivités -- 1.2.3 Fact-finding function of municipal courts and factual determinations of the ICJ -- 1.2.4 Questions of municipal law before the ICJ -- 1.3 ICJ's position vis-à-vis municipal courts and their role in the jurisprudence of the World Court -- 1.3.1 ICJ's competence to assess municipal judicial decisions -- 1.3.2 The ICJ as an ultimate criminal court of appeal? -- 1.3.3 Assessing the validity and scope of municipal courts' decisions -- 1.3.4 Distinguishing between the case at hand and the case before a municipal court -- 1.3.5 Role of municipal courts in implementing ICJ decisions -- 1.3.6 ICJ's directives to municipal courts -- 1.3.7 ICJ's citation of municipal courts' decisions -- 1.3.8 Capability of municipal courts in the field of international law -- Chapter 2 Enforcement of ICJ decisions in municipal courts.