Australia's Engagement with The International Court of Justice: Practical and Political Factors
While much has been written on the legal issues raised in cases involving Australia at the International Court of Justice ('ICJ'), the politics behind decisions to appear before the Court, the organisation of Australia's arguments and its style of case management have attracted much l...
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ftanucanberra:oai:openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au:1885/310952 2024-01-14T10:01:51+01:00 Australia's Engagement with The International Court of Justice: Practical and Political Factors Campbell, Bill application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1885/310952 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/310952/3/Australia%27s%20Engagement%20with%20the%20International%20Court%20of%20Justice.pdf.jpg en_AU eng University of Melbourne 1444-8602 http://hdl.handle.net/1885/310952 https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/310952/3/Australia%27s%20Engagement%20with%20the%20International%20Court%20of%20Justice.pdf.jpg © 2021 University of Melbourne Melbourne Journal of International Law Journal article ftanucanberra 2023-12-18T23:15:41Z While much has been written on the legal issues raised in cases involving Australia at the International Court of Justice ('ICJ'), the politics behind decisions to appear before the Court, the organisation of Australia's arguments and its style of case management have attracted much less attention. This article, written by a former government international lawyer who appeared as agent and counsel for Australia before the ICJ, describes both the political decisions behind, and the practical organisation of, Australia's encounters with the ICJ, focusing on the Whaling in the Antarctic case. It explains the way that cases develop and the way that the executive branch of government engages with them, all in the context of Australia's approach to international dispute settlement more generally. It concludes that Australia's approach to international dispute settlement is highly effective, including in its conduct of cases before the ICJ. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Australian National University: ANU Digital Collections Antarctic The Antarctic |
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While much has been written on the legal issues raised in cases involving Australia at the International Court of Justice ('ICJ'), the politics behind decisions to appear before the Court, the organisation of Australia's arguments and its style of case management have attracted much less attention. This article, written by a former government international lawyer who appeared as agent and counsel for Australia before the ICJ, describes both the political decisions behind, and the practical organisation of, Australia's encounters with the ICJ, focusing on the Whaling in the Antarctic case. It explains the way that cases develop and the way that the executive branch of government engages with them, all in the context of Australia's approach to international dispute settlement more generally. It concludes that Australia's approach to international dispute settlement is highly effective, including in its conduct of cases before the ICJ. |
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Australia's Engagement with The International Court of Justice: Practical and Political Factors |
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Australia's Engagement with The International Court of Justice: Practical and Political Factors |
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Australia's Engagement with The International Court of Justice: Practical and Political Factors |
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