TY - BOOK AU - Amr,Mohamed Sameh M. TI - Role of the International Court of Justice as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations T2 - Legal aspects of international organization SN - 9041120262 (hbk. : alk. paper) AV - KZ6275 .A48 PY - 2003/// CY - The Hague, New York PB - Kluwer Law International KW - International Court of Justice KW - United Nations KW - Cour internationale de justice KW - Nations Unies N1 - Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1997; Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-438) and index; International Courts as Organs of International Organisations: Historical Perspective --; International courts and international organisations: A historical development --; The situation prior to the First World War --; Prior to 1899 --; The Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907 --; The establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) --; After the First World War --; The establishment of the League of Nations and the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) --; The institutional relationship between the PCIJ and the League of Nations --; After the Second World War --; The development of the notion of international organisations --; The establishment of the United Nations and the International Court of Justice --; The ICJ and the PCIJ: Is it a new Court? --; The ICJ as a part of the UN system --; The legal basis of the organic relationship --; The UN Charter --; The Statute of the ICJ --; The dimensions of the organic relationship between the ICJ and the UN --; The effect on the ICJ --; The effect on the UN --; The Advisory Role of the International Court of Justice --; The Legal Basis of the ICJ's Advisory Jurisdiction --; Organs Authorised to Request Advisory Opinions --; Direct authorisation --; Indirect authorisation --; The nature and limits of the authorisation --; Authorised organs --; Prerequisites for Requesting an Advisory Opinion --; The competence of the requesting organ --; Limits upon the competence to request --; The impact of a request for an opinion by one organ upon the competence of other organs ER -