Christian J. Tams is Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow's School of Law, where he teaches international law at the undergraduate and graduate levels and directs the Law School's LLM programme. Prior to this, he was assistant professor at the Walther Schucking Institute of International Law at the University of Kiel, Germany, to which he remains affiliated. He is a qualified German lawyer, and holds an LL.M. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He has frequently written on the law and practice of the International Court of Justice.

James Sloan is a member of faculty at the University of Glasgow, School of Law where he teaches courses in the United Nations, International Human Rights and International Criminal law at the Honours and Masters levels. Before joining the School of Law, he qualified as a lawyer in Ontario and New York and worked in Toronto for several years. Subsequently, he worked in a number of capacities at the international level. Among other positions held, he was Political Advisor and Acting Head of Mission for a UN peace operation in Papua New Guinea, Legal Advisor to the International Service for Human Rights in Geneva and a Legal Assistant at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

Sir Franklin Berman, KCMG, Essex Court Chambers
Professor James Crawford SC, Director, Lauterpacht Centre For International Law, Cambridge
Professor Vera Gowlland Debbas, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva
Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary, University of London
Professor Christine Gray, University of Cambridge
Dr. Gleider Hernández, University of Durham
Professor Claus Kress, University of Cologne
Professor Vaughan Lowe QC, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, Oxford University
Dr. Roger O'Keefe, University of Cambridge
Dr. Kate Parlett, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Dr. Antonios Tzanakopoulos, UCL
Professor Malcolm Shaw QC
Judge Bruno Simma, International Court of Justice
Dr. Gentian Zyberi, University of Oslo

"The two editors and their collaborating authors, in conjunction with OUP, have succeeded in producing a book that is as up-to-date with the Court's decisions so far as is ever possible ... This collection is highly recommended reading, and not merely for those whose interest is concentrated on the ICJ; it will provide generalists also with a vivid tour d'horizon of current movements in international law from the viewpoint of The Hague." -Hugh Thirlway, The British Yearbook of International Law

"The book edited by Christian J. Tams and James Sloan, The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice, brings to light the judicial influence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the development of international law." -Laurence Boisson de Chazournes, American Journal of International Law