Journal article
Legal Systems and Variance in the Design of Commitments to the International Court of Justice
Conflict Management and Peace Science, Vol.26(2), pp.164-190
2009
DOI: 10.1177/0738894208101128
Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between domestic legal systems and the design of commitments to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Empirical analyses demonstrate that civil law states are more willing to recognize the compulsory and compromissory jurisdiction of the World Court than common law or Islamic law states. Common law states place the highest number of reservations on their optional clause declarations, with the majority of those restrictions relating to specific areas of international law. Civil law states typically embed compromissory clauses in multilateral treaties, while common and Islamic law states prefer recognition of the ICJ's jurisdiction through bilateral treaties.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Legal Systems and Variance in the Design of Commitments to the International Court of Justice
- Creators
- Sara McLaughlin MitchellEmilia Justyna Powell
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Conflict Management and Peace Science, Vol.26(2), pp.164-190
- DOI
- 10.1177/0738894208101128
- ISSN
- 0738-8942
- eISSN
- 1549-9219
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2009
- Academic Unit
- Political Science; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9983921854102771
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