Book Review: International Law and Organization: The Jurisprudence of the World Court
| Date | 01 September 1966 |
| Author | L. C. Green |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070206602100317 |
| Published date | 01 September 1966 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
BOOK
REviEws
379
quences
of
legal
equality.
Particularly
is
this
true
in
the
case
of
the
two
super
powers.
The
Soviet
Umon
has
refused
to
accept
the
jurisdic-
tion
of
the
International
Court
of
Justice;
the
United
States'
acceptance
is
a
mockery of
the
whole
principle
of
law-
"This
declaration
shall
not
apply
to disputes
with
regard
to
matters
which
are
essentially
within
the
domestic
jurisdiction
of
the
United
States
of
America
as
determined
by
the
United
States
of
America.
This
widespread
unwillingness
to
seek
legal
solutions
to
disputes
and
to
use
the
International
Court
of
Justice was
debated
by
the
General
Assembly
in
1946.
The
Sixth
Committee recorded
at
that
time
"a
very
general
feeling
of
regret
and
concern
at
the
indifference too
often
shown
for
the
legal
aspects
of
matters
and
at
the
disregard
shown
in
recent
years
for
arbitral
and judicial
methods.
Nevertheless,
ineffective
as
the
two
international
courts have generally
been
in
the
containment
of
force
and
the
keeping
of
the
peace,
they
have
played
an
important
role
in
the
development
of
international
law.
Both
courts
are
therefore
deserving
of
scholarly
attention,
not
just
of
their
substantive
jurispru-
dence
but
of
their
procedural
and
jurisdictional
records
as
well.
The publication
by
Shabtal
Rosenne
of
The Law and
Practice
of
the
International
Court
is
a monumental
contribution
to
the
literature
of
the
court.
In
two
large
volumes
the
author
has
done
much
more
than
consolidate
and
up-date
his
previous
studies.
He
has
documented
in
an
encyclopedic
fashion
the
decisions
of
the
courts,
the
relevant
declared
attitudes
of
states, the
practice
of
U.N.
organs,
and
the
views
of
pub-
licists.
The
result
is
impressive.
M.
Rosenne
has
divided
his
work
into
five
parts
which
deal with
the
organization
of
the
courts,
and
their
role
both
as
diplomatic
and
legal
instruments.
It
is
this realistic and
rounded
approach
of
the author
-he
is
lawyer,
politician
and
diplomat-which
is
the
strength
of
the
book.
The
reader
is
not
permitted
to
forget the
sometimes
harsh
realities
of
international
life.
Speaking
of
the
attitude
of
nations towards
the
present
court,
the author states:
"The
real
test
is
to
be
found
in
their
willingness
in
general
to allow
the
law
to
occupy
a prominent
and
constructive
part
in
their
international
relations.
The
attitude
is
but
a
manifestation
of
the
real
respect
in
which
they
hold
inter
national
law.
This
book is
not
recommended
for
general
background
reading.
Nor
was
it
written
for
such
an
audience.
It
is
a
scholarly
treatise
directed
to
students
of
the
subject.
And in
that
role
these
volumes,
in
the
opinion
of
this
reviewer,
will
prove to
be
indispensable.
University
of
Alberta,
Edmonton
IvAN
L.
HEAD
THE
JURISPRUDENCE
OF
THE
WORLD
COURT.
A
Case
by
Case
Commentary
By
J.
H.
W
Verzijl.
1966.
Volume
II.
The
International
Court
of
Justice
(1947-1965).
Index
to
Vols.
I
and
II.
(Leyden:
A.
W
Sitjhoff.
viii,
594pp.
63.50
guilders)
The
first
volume
of
Dr.
Verzijl's
case-by-case
commentary
on
the
work
of
the
World Court was
devoted
to
the activities
of
the
Permanent
Court
of
International
Justice
(see
review
in
this
Journal,
Vol.
xxi,
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