Jurisdiction of International Tribunals

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgement......Page 16
Table of Cases......Page 18
Abbreviations......Page 56
Part I: Introductory......Page 64
International disputes......Page 66
International tribunals......Page 72
Third party judicial settlement—development of arbitration......Page 75
Structure of peaceful dispute settlement in modern international relations......Page 79
Adjudicatory methods......Page 81
Proliferation of adjudicatory dispute settlement......Page 96
Representation before tribunals......Page 97
Status of international tribunals......Page 104
Scheme of study......Page 107
Part II: General Principles......Page 110
Diversity of connotation......Page 112
National legal systems compared with the international system......Page 119
Usage and applicability......Page 121
Primary connotation of the term......Page 127
Seisin and its relationship to jurisdiction......Page 129
The requirement......Page 132
Requirements for effective consent......Page 140
Derivative or indirect consent......Page 152
International war crimes tribunals and consent......Page 153
Consent and individuals......Page 156
The relationship of consent to inherent jurisdiction......Page 158
Irrelevance of consent......Page 160
Parameters of consent......Page 161
CHAPTER 4 INTERPRETATION OF CLAUSES SUBMITTING TO JURISDICTION......Page 164
The contra proferentem rule......Page 165
Restrictive interpretation......Page 168
Sovereignty......Page 178
Positive principles applicable......Page 182
History......Page 184
Initial rationale and explanations of the rule......Page 187
Current status—general jurisprudence......Page 193
Current status—jurisprudence of the World Court......Page 198
Current status—conclusion......Page 204
Possible limitations......Page 205
Raising proprio motu the issue of la compétence de la compétence......Page 217
Finality of the determination on la compétence de la compétence......Page 218
Jurisdiction of other tribunals to decide on the compétence of a tribunal......Page 220
The issue of conflict of interest......Page 222
CHAPTER 6 COMPÉTENCE—THE CONSTITUTION OF THE TRIBUNAL......Page 226
The Commonwealth Secretariat International Arbitral Tribunal Case......Page 227
International arbitrations......Page 231
Two international cases......Page 232
Other tribunals......Page 250
CHAPTER 7 COMPÉTENCE TO SETTLE DISPUTES......Page 252
Forum prorogatum and compétence......Page 261
The judgment on compétence and res judicata......Page 263
Identifying matters of compétence......Page 265
Time for raising issues of compétence......Page 268
Sources of jurisdiction......Page 270
Scope of primary jurisdiction......Page 276
Fundamental limitations on the scope of primary jurisdiction......Page 285
Exercise of jurisdiction and discretion......Page 301
Proof of jurisdiction......Page 302
CHAPTER 8 ADMISSIBILITY......Page 304
Grounds for inadmissibility......Page 308
Waiver and estoppel......Page 349
Time for raising objections to admissibility......Page 371
CHAPTER 9 INCIDENTAL JURISDICTION......Page 374
(A) Intervention......Page 377
(B) Interim measures......Page 407
CHAPTER 10 JURISDICTION VIS-À-VIS REMEDIES......Page 448
Agreement and specific provision......Page 453
Interpretation of specific provisions......Page 455
Inherent or implied jurisdiction......Page 457
The principle of non ultra petita and jurisdiction......Page 485
CHAPTER 11 JURISDICTION TO REOPEN CASES......Page 488
(1) Res judicata and finality......Page 489
(2) Reopening cases......Page 504
CHAPTER 12 ADVISORY JURISDICTION......Page 566
The limitation that requests must be within the scope of an organization's activities......Page 573
The requirement that the question be legal......Page 584
The judicial character of the Court......Page 590
The exercise of the discretion to give an opinion: the Court's status as a principal organ......Page 600
Jurisdiction to reopen advisory opinions......Page 605
Part III: SPECIFIC COURTS AND TRIBUNALS......Page 610
A. Forum Prorogatum......Page 612
B. Jurisdiction under the Optional Clause......Page 631
Rationale for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)......Page 680
Outline of the System under the ICSID Convention......Page 684
Institutional Jurisdiction—its Scope and Limitations......Page 689
(1) Fundamental considerations......Page 732
(2) Jurisdictional competence......Page 737
(3) Irreceivability or inadmissibility......Page 749
(4) Jurisdiction in regard to granting remedies......Page 763
(5) Jurisdiction to review......Page 778
CHAPTER 16 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS......Page 790
Matters Strictly of Competence......Page 793
Matters of Admissibility Proper......Page 820
The Function and Jurisdiction of the Court under the Old and New System......Page 870
CHAPTER 17 THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES......Page 874
(A) Enforcement Actions against Member States......Page 875
(B) The Jurisdiction to Review......Page 882
(C) Plenary Jurisdiction......Page 901
(D) Preliminary Rulings......Page 910
C......Page 928
D......Page 931
E......Page 932
I......Page 933
J......Page 938
L......Page 939
O......Page 940
R......Page 941
T......Page 943
W......Page 944