Includes bibliographical references (pages xxi-xxii) and index.

General Introduction / Judge Peter Tomka -- Historical Introduction / Ole Spiermann -- Article 2, para. 3 UN Charter / David D. Caron and Christian Tomuschat -- Article 7 UN Charter / Vera Gowlland-Debbas and Mathias Forteau -- Article 33 UN Charter / David D. Caron and Christian Tomuschat -- Article 36 UN Charter / Thomas Giegerich -- Article 92 UN Charter / Simon Chesterman and Karin Oellers-Frahm -- Article 93 UN Charter / Karin Oellers-Frahm and Andreas Zimmermann -- Article 94 UN Charter / Christian J. Tams -- Article 95 UN Charter / Jasper Finke -- Article 96 UN Charter / Pierre d'Argent -- Article 1 / Simon Chesterman and Vera Gowlland-Debbas -- Article 2 / Mariano J. Aznar and Elini Methymaki -- Article 3 / Mariano J. Aznar and Felix Boos -- Article 4 / Patricia Georget -- Article 5 / Patricia Georget -- Article 6 / Patricia Georget -- Article 7 / Patricia Georget -- Article 8 / Patricia Georget -- Article 9 / Bardo Fassbender -- Article 10 / Bardo Fassbender -- Article 11 / Bardo Fassbender -- Article 12 / Bardo Fassbender -- Article 13 / John Dugard -- Article 14 / John Dugard -- Article 15 / John Dugard -- Article 16 / Philippe Couvreur -- Article 17 / Philippe Couvreur -- Article 18 / David Anderson and Samuel Wordsworth -- Article 19 / David Anderson and Samuel Wordsworth -- Article 20 / Daniel-Erasmus Khan -- Article 21 / Malcolm Shaw -- Article 22 / Malcolm Shaw -- Article 23 / Antoine Ollivier -- Article 24 / Robert Jennings and Philippe Couvreur -- Article 25 / Paolo Palchetti -- Article 26 / Paolo Palchetti -- Article 27 / Paolo Palchetti -- Article 28 / Paolo Palchetti -- Article 29 / Paolo Palchetti -- Article 30 / Hugh Thirlway -- Article 31 / Pieter Hendrik Kooijmans and Lusa Bordin -- Article 32 / Carlos Esposito -- Article 33 / Carlos Esposito -- Relationship of the ICJ with Other International Courts and Tribunals / Giorgio Gaja -- Article 34 / Pierre-Marie Dupuy and Cristina Hoss -- Article 35 / Andreas Zimmermann -- Article 36 / Christian Tomuschat -- Article 37 / Bruno Simma and Daphne Richemond-Barak -- Article 38 / Alain Pellet and Daniel Muller -- General Principles of Procedural Law / Robert Kolb -- Article 39 / Marcelo G. Kohen -- Article 40 / Sienho Yee -- Counter-Claims Article 80 of the Rules / Sean D. Murphy -- Article 41 / Karin Oellers-Frahm and Andreas Zimmermann -- Article 42 / Sir Franklin Berman and Gleider Hernandez -- Article 43 / Kubo Macak Article 44 / Christian Walter -- Article 45 / Sienho Yee -- Article 46 / Sabine von Schorlemer and Antonios Tzanakopoulos -- Article 47 / Sabine von Schorlemer and Antonios Tzanakopoulos -- Article 48 / Santiago Torres Bernardez and Makane Moise Mbengue -- Evidentiary Issues / Markus Benzing -- Article 49 / Christian J. Tams and James Devaney -- Article 50 / Christian J. Tams and James Devaney -- Article 51 / Christian J. Tams -- Article 52 / Christian J. Tams -- Article 53 / Hans von Mangoldt and Andreas Zimmermann -- Article 54 / Bardo Fassbender -- Article 55 / Bardo Fassbender -- Article 56 / Lori F. Damrosch -- -- Article 57 / Rainer Hofmann and Daniel-Erasmus Khan -- Article 58 / Daniel-Erasmus Khan -- Article 59 / Chester Brown -- Discontinuance and Withdrawal / Gerhard Wegen -- Article 60 / Andreas Zimmermann and Tobias Thienel -- Article 61 / Andreas Zimmermann and Robin Geiss -- Article 62 / Alina Miron and Christine Chinkin -- Article 63 / Alina Miron and Christine Chinkin -- Article 64 / Carlos Esposito -- Article 65 / Pierre d'Argent Article 66 / Andreas Paulus -- Article 67 / Andreas Paulus -- Article 68 / Jean-Pierre Cot and Stephan Wittich -- Article 69 / Wolfram Karl -- Article 70 / Wolfram Karl

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