In 1949 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its first judgment in the Corfu Channel Case. In diffusing an early Cold War dispute, the Court art

This unique book brings together leading experts from diverse areas of public international law to offer a comprehensive overview of the approaches to evolution

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