Table of contents
Part I. Views from the Bench: the Legacy of the Corfu Channel Case;
1. An International Contentious Case on the Threshold of the Cold War, Mohammed Bedjaoui;
2. The Corfu Channel case and the concept of sovereignty, Mohamed Bennouna;
3.The Bar, Jean-Pierre Cot;
Part II. The Historical and Institutional Framework;
4.The Corfu Channel Case in Perspective: The Factual and Political Background, Aristoteles Constantinides; 5.The International Court of Justice and the Security Council: Disentangling Themis from Ares, Giovanni Distefano and Etienne Henry;
Part III. Procedural and Evidential Issues before the World Court;
6.The Basis of the Court's Jurisdiction and the Scope and Usefulness of Forum Prorogatum, Henry Burmester;
7. The International Court of Justice and Standards of Proof, Katherine Del Mar 8.'Naval Secrets', Public Interest Immunity and Open Justice, Kenneth J. Keith;
Part IV. Law of the Sea;
9. International Straits: Still a Matter of Contention?, Stuart Kaye;
10. Dangerous Waters and International Law: The Corfu Channel Case, Warships, and Sovereignty Irritants, Rob McLaughlin;
11. Peacetime Maritime Operations, Donald R. Rothwell;
Part V. Fundamental Rules of International Law;
12.The Court's Decision in silentium on the Sources of International Law: Its Enduring Significance, Akiho Shibata; 13. Intervention and Self-help, Theodore Christakis;
14. A Policy of Force, Christine Gray;
15. Foundational Judgment or Constructive Myth? The Court's Decision as a Precursor to International Environmental Law, Karine Bannelier;
16. The Interaction between International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law and the Contribution of the ICJ, Djamchid Momtaz and Amin Ghanbari Amirhandeh;
17. Elementary Considerations of Humanity, Matthew Zagor;
Part VI. Issues of State Responsibility;
18. State Omissions and Due Diligence: Aspects of Fault, Damage and Contribution to Injury in the Law of State Responsibility, Sarah Heathcote;
19. The Limits of Complicity as a Ground for Responsibility: Lessons Learned from the Corfu Channel case, Olivier Corten and Pierre Klein;
20. Reparation and Compliance, Pierre d'Argent Conclusion, Hilary Charlesworth;
21. Conclusion, Hilary Charlesworth