Realising The Hope of Ages?

Prof. Henri Waele; Prof. Dr. Christian J. Tams LL.M.

doi:10.5771/9783748960744

Summary

The present volume fills important gaps in our understanding with regard to the Permanent Court of International Justice (1920–1946). It brings together an assembly of authors from different backgrounds to offer novel perspectives on a classic theme, casting previous assumptions into a new light – from ideas about its design and leading participants in its formation, to the role of particular judges in the development of its jurisdiction and advisory function.
Prof. Dr. Henri de Waele is Professor of International and European Law at Radboud University Nijmegen and the University of Antwerp.
Prof. Dr. Christian J. Tams is Professor of International Law at the University of Glasgow and the University Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).
With contributions byItai Apter | Dr. Michel Erpelding | Dr. Arthur Eyffinger | Dr. Karin Van Leeuwen | Prof. Dr. Lucas Lima | Momchil Milanov | Dr. P. Sean Morris | Dr. Antoine Ollivier | Prof. Dr. Christian J. Tams, LL.M. | Dr. Peter Tomka | Prof. Dr. Henri de Waele, LL.M.

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Bibliographic data

Publication year: 2025
Publication date: 24.10.2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-3298-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-6074-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studien zur Geschichte des Völkerrechts
Volume: 45
Language: English
Pages: 274
Product type: Edited Book

1. Preface No access
2. Foreword No access
3. About the Authors No access
Henri de Waele
1. A. Introduction No access
2. B. Filling Gaps in the PCIJ’s Historiography No access
3. C. The Hague Seat – Against All Odds? No access
4. D. Conclusion No access
1. Arthur Eyffinger
  1. A. Introduction No access
  2. B. The Riddle of the Quest No access
  3. C. The Parameters for the Court No access
  4. D. The Constitutional Phase (1870-1920) No access
  5. E. The Drafting of the Statute: An Overall Appraisal No access
  6. 1. I. The Socio-Political Backdrop No access
    2. II. The Burden of History No access
    3. III. Rudderless Off Track No access
    4. IV. The Intangible Law No access
    5. V. Musical chairs No access
    6. VI. The Reach of the Court No access
    7. VII. The Size of the Bench No access
    8. VIII. An Unseemly Proposition No access
    9. IX. A Draft and a Report No access
  7. G. The Discourse in the Council: August–October 1920 No access
  8. 1. I. The Third Committee No access
    2. II. The Sub-Committee No access
    3. III. The Plenary No access
  9. I. The First General Elections: September 1921 No access
  10. 1. I. The Political Backdrop No access
    2. II. Growing Pains No access
    3. III. Clashing Legal Cultures No access
    4. IV. The Court, the League, and the Powers No access
    5. V. Advisory Opinions No access
    6. VI. Legal and Political Disputes No access
    7. VII. A Deceptive Case-Law No access
    8. VIII. Developments Never Foreseen No access
    9. IX. The Hand of the Court Forced No access
    10. X. A Prudent Appraisal No access
2. Karin van Leeuwen
  1. A. Introduction No access
  2. B. Before 1919: A ‘Small’ State with a Grotian Mission? No access
  3. C. 1919-1920: Repositioning ‘The Hague’ No access
  4. D. 1920-1922: A New Court for The Hague No access
  5. E. Outlook: Land of Grotius, or..? No access
3. Lucas Carlos Lima
  1. A. Introduction No access
  2. B. Brazil’s Position in Relation to the Project of International Justice No access
  3. C. Beviláqua’s Project of International Justice as a Framework for Brazilian Action No access
  4. D. From The Hague to Geneva: Raul Fernandes and the Latin American Representation No access
  5. E. Conclusion: Which Regionalism Did Fernandes and Beviláqua Defend? No access
4. Itai Apter
  1. A. Introduction No access
  2. B. Japan in the pre-PCIJ Era – The Peace Conferences and WWI No access
  3. C. Japan, the PCA and the League of Nations No access
  4. D. Japan and the PCIJ Statute Negotiations No access
  5. 1. I. The Composition of the Court No access
    2. II. The Physical Location of the PCIJ No access
    3. III. Standing before the PCIJ No access
    4. IV. Compulsory Jurisdiction of the PCIJ No access
    5. V. PCIJ Jurisdiction in Respect of Crimes against Humanity No access
  6. F. Conclusions No access
1. Antoine Ollivier
  1. A. The Permanence of the Court: Organisation of the Court’s Sessions and Composition of the Bench No access
  2. B. The Proceedings before the Court: the Development of an International Judicial Procedure No access
  3. C. The Deliberations of the Court: The Progressive Elaboration of the PCIJ’s Internal Judicial Practice No access
  4. D. The Conduct of the Proceedings before the Court: General Overview of the PCIJ’s Practice No access
2. P. Sean Morris
  1. A. Introduction No access
  2. B. Conceptualisations of the Law of Nations No access
  3. 1. I. Advisory Opinions and Legal Scholarship No access
    2. II. The Concept of International Law as ‘Principles of International Law’ No access
  4. D. Concluding Remarks No access
3. Momchil Milanov
  1. A. Introduction No access
  2. B. Preliminary Objections prior to 1920 No access
  3. C. The Work of the Advisory Committee of Jurists in 1920 No access
  4. D. Nationality Decrees and the Birth of the ‘Provisional Conclusion’ No access
  5. E. The So-called ‘jurisdictional test’ in Mavrommatis No access
  6. F. Conclusion No access
4. Michel Erpelding
  1. A. Introduction No access
  2. B. A Fundamentally Unequal Relationship: the Permanent Court, the MATs, and the Debate on the Distinction between International Arbitration and Adjudication No access
  3. C. A Controversial Reference and Source of Experience for International Judges: the MATs and the Bench of the Permanent Court No access
  4. D. Conclusion No access
5. Christian J. Tams
  1. A. Introduction No access
  2. B. A European World Court? No access
  3. C. Unhurried Justice? No access
  4. D. The Hague, Capital of Peace? No access
  5. E. The Virtue of Looking Again No access