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.