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The International Judicial Function in Its (In)finite Variety, Assessing the Effectiveness of International Courts. By Yuval Shany. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xix, 322. Index. $120, £70. - The International Judicial Function in Its (In)finite Variety, The Development of International Law by the International Court of Justice. Edited by Christian J. Tams and James Sloan. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. xxviii, 400. Index. $125, £70. - The International Judicial Function in Its (In)finite Variety, The Oxford Handbook of International Adjudication. Edited by Cesare P. R. Romano, Karen J. Alter, and Yuval Shany. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. Pp. xcii, 975. Index. $210, £125.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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American Journal of International Law , Volume 109 , Issue 2 , April 2015 , pp. 433 - 442
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1 Hersch Lauterpacht, The Function of Law in the International Community 64–65, 100–04 (1933).

2 See Nuclear Tests (N.Z. v. Fr.), 1974 ICJ Rep. 457 (Dec. 20) (unilateral declarations); Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosn. & Herz. v. Serb. & Montenegro), 2007 ICJ Rep. 43 (Feb. 26) (case law of other courts and tribunals); Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Dem. Rep. Congo v. Uganda), Provisional Measures, 2000 ICJ Rep. 111 (July 1) (same).

3 Gabcčíkovo-Nagymaros Project (Hung./Slovk.), 1997 ICJ Rep. 7 (Sept. 25).

4 Diallo (Guinea v. Dem. Rep. Congo), 2010 ICJ Rep. 639 (Nov. 30).

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6 Hersch Lauterpacht, The Development of International Law by the International Court 179 (1958).

7 Lauterpacht, supra note 1, at 320.

8 Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, 2004 ICJ Rep. 13 (July 9) [hereinafter Wall]; Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, 1996 ICJ Rep. 226 (July 8).

9 For example, Shany makes particular reference to Posner, Eric A. & Yoo, John C., Judicial Independence in International Tribunals, 93 Calif. L. Rev. 1 (2005)Google Scholar, and Ku, Julian & Nzelibe, Jide, Do International Criminal Tribunals Deter or Exacerbate Humanitarian Atrocities?, 84 Wash. U. L. Rev. 777 (2006)Google Scholar.

10 Shany asserts that judgment compliance is often considered as a “litmus test” of effectiveness by legal scholars (p. 117).

11 Lauterpacht, supra note 6, at 227.

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17 Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection, Art. 1, in International Law Commission, Report on the Fifty Eighth Session, UN GAOR, 61st Sess., Supp. No. 10, at 16, UN Doc. A/61/10 (2006).

18 Diallo (Guinea v. Dem. Rep. Congo), Preliminary Objections, 2007 ICJ Rep. 582, para. 39 (May 24).

19 Draft Articles on Diplomatic Protection, supra note 17, Art. 2.

20 See Certain Expenses of the United Nations (Article 17, Paragraph 2, of the Charter), Advisory Opinion, 1962 ICJ Rep. 151 (July 20) (noting the ICJ’s rejection of judicial Review); Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) Notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970), Advisory Opinion, 1971 ICJ Rep. 16 (June 21) (same) [hereinafter Namibia].

21 Namibia, supra note 20, para. 22.

22 [Editor’s note: Conditions of Admission of a State to Membership in the United Nations (Article 4 of the Charter), Advisory Opinion, 1948 ICJ Rep. 57 (May 28).]

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