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The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication

Edited by Cesare PR Romano, Karen J Alter, and Yuval Shany

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Gives an authoritative and comprehensive study into the development, proliferation, and work of international adjudicative bodies
Provides an innovative assessment of the different types of international adjudicators and the theoretical approaches underpinning their work
Investigates key controversies surrounding international courts and tribunals, such as the effectiveness of their judges, the rights of third parties, their financing, and the roles of judges and prosecutors
Includes contributions from over forty leading legal scholars, political scientists, and practitioners to present a uniquely interdiscipinary perspective

The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication

Edited by Cesare PR Romano, Karen J Alter, and Yuval Shany

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The post-Cold War proliferation of international adjudicatory bodies and increase in litigation has greatly affected international law and politics. A growing number of international courts and tribunals, exercising jurisdiction over international crimes and sundry international disputes, have become, in some respects, the lynchpin of the international legal system.

The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication charts the transformations in international adjudication that took place astride the twentieth and twenty-first century, bringing together the insight of 47 prominent legal, philosophical, ethical, political, and social science scholars. Overall, the 40 contributions in this Handbook provide an original and comprehensive understanding of the various contemporary forms of international adjudication. The Handbook is divided into six parts. Part I provides an overview of the origins and evolution of international adjudicatory bodies, from the nineteenth century to the present, highlighting the dynamics driving the multiplication of international adjudicative bodies and their uneven expansion. Part II analyses the main families of international adjudicative bodies, providing a detailed study of state-to-state, criminal, human rights, regional economic, and administrative courts and tribunals, as well as arbitral tribunals and international compensation bodies. Part III lays out the theoretical approaches to international adjudication, including those of law, political science, sociology, and philosophy. Part IV examines some contemporary issues in international adjudication, including the behavior, role, and effectiveness of international judges and the political constraints that restrict their function, as well as the making of international law by international courts and tribunals, the relationship between international and domestic adjudicators, the election and selection of judges, the development of judicial ethical standards, and the financing of international courts. Part V examines key actors in international adjudication, including international judges, legal counsel, international prosecutors, and registrars. Finally, Part VI overviews select legal and procedural issues facing international adjudication, such as evidence, fact-finding and experts, jurisdiction and admissibility, the role of third parties, inherent powers, and remedies.

The Handbook is an invaluable and thought-provoking resource for scholars and students of international law and political science, as well as for legal practitioners at international courts and tribunals.

The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication

Edited by Cesare PR Romano, Karen J Alter, and Yuval Shany

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Part I: Mapping International Adjudicative Bodies
1. Mapping International Adjudicative Bodies, the Issues, and Players, Cesare PR Romano, Karen J Alter, and Yuval Shany
2. Illustrations: A Reader's Guide, Cesare PR Romano, Karen J Alter, and Francesco Sebregondi
3. The History of International Adjudication, Mary Ellen O'Connell and Lenore VanderZee
4. The Multiplication of International Courts and Tribunals after the End of the Cold War, Karen J Alter
5. The Shadow Zones of International Judicialization, Cesare PR Romano
6. Trial and Error in International Judicialization, Cesare PR Romano
7. The Challenge of "Proliferation": An Anatomy of the Debate, Pierre-Marie Dupuy and Jorge E Vinulaes
8. What are International Judges For? The Main Functions of International Adjudication, Jose E Alvarez
Part II: Orders and Families of International Adjudicative Bodies
9. International Judicial Bodies for Resolving Disputes Between States, Sean D Murphy
10. International Criminal Courts, William A Schabas
11. International Human Rights Courts, Solomon T Ebobrah
12. Courts of Regional Economic and Political Integration Agreements, Carl Baudenbacher and Michael-James Clifton
13. International Claims and Compensation Bodies, David D Caron
14. Investment Arbitration, Christoph Schreuer
15. International Administrative Tribunals, Chittharanjan F Amerasinghe
Part III: Theoretical Approaches to Studying International Adjudication
16. Transnational Legal Process Theories, Maya Steinitz
17. Political Science and International Adjudication, Mark A Pollack
18. Sociological Approaches to International Courts, Mikael Rask Madsen
19. Legal Philosophical Issues of International Adjudication: Getting Over the "Amour Impossible" between International Law and Adjudication, Samantha Besson
Part IV: Contemporary Issues in International Adjudication
20. Compliance with Judgments and Decisions, Alexandra Huneeus
21. The Effectiveness of International Adjudicators, Laurence R Helfer
22. Political Constraints on International Courts, Tom Ginsburg
23. The Spell of Precedents: Lawmaking by International Courts and Tribunals, Armin von Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke
24. Conversations among Courts: Domestic and International Adjudicators, Andre Nollkaemper
25. International Judicial Behavior, Erik Voeten
26. Who Litigates and Why, Natalie Klein
27. The Financing of International Adjudication, Thordis Ingadottir
Part V: Key Actors
28. Who are International Judges?, Leigh Swigart and Daniel Terris
29. The International Bar, Eran Sthoeger and Michael Wood
30. Communities of International Litigators, Antoine Vauchez
31. The Role of the International Prosecutor, Kevin Jon Heller
32. Defense Counsel in International Criminal Trials, Kate Gibson
33. The Role of Registries and Legal Secretariats in International Judicial Institutions, Stephanie Cartier and Cristina Hoss
Part VI: Selected Legal and Procedural Issues of International Adjudication
34. The Selection of International Judges, Ruth Mackenzie
35. International Judicial Ethics, Anja Seibert-Fohr
36. Jurisdiction and Admissibility, Yuval Shany
37. Third Parties, Yael Ronen and Yael Naggan
38. Inherent Powers in International Adjudication, Chester Brown
39. Evidence, Fact-Finding, and Experts, Anna Riddell
40. Remedies, Christine Gray
Annex 1: International Judicial Bodies: Recapitulation
Annex 2: States Subject to Compulsory Jurisdiction

The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication

Edited by Cesare PR Romano, Karen J Alter, and Yuval Shany

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Author Information

Cesare PR Romano, Professor of Law, Loyola Law School,Karen J Alter, Professor of Political Science and Law, Northwestern University,Yuval Shany, Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in Public International Law, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Cesare PR Romano is Professor of Law and W Joseph Ford Fellow at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

Karen J Alter is Professor of Political Science and Law at Northwestern University and a permanent visiting professor at the iCourts Center for Excellence, University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law.

Yuval Shany is the Hersch Lauterpacht Chair in International Law and Dean of the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Contributors:

José E Alvarez - New York University
Chittharanjan F Amerasinghe - World Bank Administrative Tribunal
Carl Baudenbacher - EFTA Court; University of St. Gallen
Samantha Besson - University of Fribourg
Armin von Bogdandy - Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
Chester Brown - University of Sydney
David D Caron - King's College, London
Stéphanie Cartier - United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
Michael-James Clifton - EFTA Court
Pierre-Marie Dupuy - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Solomon T Ebobrah - Niger Delta University
Kate Gibson - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Tom Ginsburg - University of Chicago
Christine Gray - University of Cambridge
Laurence R Helfer - Duke University
Kevin Jon Heller - University of Melbourne
Cristina Hoss - International Court of Justice
Alexandra Huneeus - University of Wisconsin
Thordis Ingadottir - Reykjavik University
Natalie Klein - Macquarie University
Ruth Mackenzie - University of Westminster
Mikael Rask Madsen - University of Copenhagen
Sean D Murphy - George Washington University
Yael Neggan - Hebrew University, Jerusalem
André Nollkaemper - University of Amsterdam
Mary Ellen O'Connell - University of Notre Dame
Mark A Pollack - Temple University
Anna Riddell - British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Yaël Ronen - Sha'arei Mishpat College, Israel
William A Schabas - Middlesex University
Christoph Schreuer - University of Vienna
Francesco Sebregondi - Goldsmiths, University of London
Anja Seibert-Fohr - Goettingen University
Maya Steinitz - University of Iowa
Eran Sthoeger - Security Council Report, New York
Leigh Swigart - Brandeis University
Daniel Terris - Brandeis University
Lenore VanderZee - SUNY Canton
Antoine Vauchez - University of Paris (Sorbonne)
Ingo Venzke - University of Amsterdam
Jorge E Viñuales - University of Cambridge
Eric Voeten - Georgetown University
Michael Wood - International Law Commission