Rosenne's Law and Practice of the International Court: 1920-2015

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The Equality of the Parties
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paragraph 258 in volume 3, chapter 16, Elements of International Procedural Law

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The major principle governing the procedure of the Court, as has been repeatedly stressed, is the equality of the parties.1 In the Court this is not an abstract notion or a mere declaration of principle, but a firm reality originating in the non-eclectic character of international law and the very nature and object of the international judicial process. Among other things it implies, for the Court, that legal remedies against a ju…

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Malcolm N. Shaw, “The Equality of the Parties”, in: Rosenne's Law and Practice of the International Court: 1920-2015. Consulted online on 27 March 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-5992_rose_COM_0258>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20161001



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