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When States make reservations to treaties, confusion ensues. The legal effect of these reservations among the parties to the treaty is complex. After World War II, it was uncertain as to what the [...]

The North Sea Continental Shelf Case is a classic case for something other than what the case is ultimately about. Argued and decided in the late 1960s, this case came in the midst of the [...]

The 2002 Arrest Warrant case of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) about former Congolese Foreign Minister Yerodia stumped a rapid movement towards prosecuting both former and sitting high [...]

Court cases need not be old for these cases to become classics. The Jurisdictional Immunities case between Germany and Italy is an insta-classic. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) clearly [...]

Today’s case between India and Pakistan before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regards the arrest, trial and death sentence of Kulbushan Sudhir Jadhav, an Indian national, by Pakistan. [...]