Research Handbook on International Procedural Law

Edited by Joanna Gomula, Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge, UK and Stephan Wittich, Professor of International Law, Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna, Austria with Assistant Editor Markus Stemeseder, Researcher and Lecturer in International Law, Department of European, International and Comparative Law, University of Vienna, Austria

Contents:

Preface xix
List of abbreviations xxi
Authorities xxiii
On the nature and meaning of procedure in international courts and tribunals:
Introduction to the Research Handbook on International Procedural Law 1
Stephan Wittich

PART I INTRODUCTORY ISSUES
1 The significance of procedure in the judicial settlement of international
disputes 17
Hugh Thirlway
2 Sources of procedural law in international dispute settlement 30
Maxi Scherer, Andrew Mitchell and Dharshini Prasad
3 General principles of procedural law 53
Philipp Janig
4 Precedent and procedure in international adjudication 73
Niccolò Ridi

PART II PROCEDURAL ISSUES OF SELECTED COURTS AND TRIBUNALS
5 Settlement of disputes before the International Tribunal for the Law of
the Sea (ITLOS) 98
Konrad Marciniak
6 Procedural aspects of WTO dispute settlement 122
Chios Carmody
7 Procedural issues in international investment treaty disputes 157
Andrea Bjorklund and Damini Chawla
8 Procedural issues of international environmental disputes 173
Ludovica Chiussi Curzi
9 Procedural issues in international commercial arbitration 192
Stefan Kröll and Miquel Mirambell Fargas
10 The procedure of the Court of Justice of the European Union: modi
operandi at the supranational judicature 216
Adam Łazowski
11 International administrative tribunals 250
Thea Agape Lim and Olufemi Elias
12 Procedural questions in advisory proceedings initiated by international
organizations 275
Kirsten Schmalenbach
13 Settlement of disputes in Asian free trade agreements: An empirical
study of the dispute settlement mechanisms in Japan’s BITs and EPAs 293
Mariko Kawano
14 Inter-state dispute settlement and Africa’s supranational courts 310
Matthew Happold and Owiso Owiso

PART III INSTITUTIONS AND CONCEPTS OF THE DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT PROCESS
15 Settlement of disputes before the ICJ: The case of public interest litigation 331
Dai Tamada
16 Jurisdiction and admissibility 351
José Magnaye
17 Conduct of proceedings – a practitioner’s perspective 368
Stratis Georgilas
18 Due process and protection of the parties’ rights 375
Serena Forlati
19 Evidence, fact-finding and experts 395
James Devaney
20 Proceedings incidental to main proceedings 410
Katarzyna Gałka
21 Intervention: Expanding the bilateral dispute settlement model of
international proceedings 428
Jane Hofbauer
22 Other participants in judicial proceedings (amicus curiae and other
forms of participation) 450
Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida
23 Judgments and the termination of proceedings 475
Daniel Costelloe
24 Annulment 490
Marek Jeżewski
25 Appellate review 506
Joanna Gomula
26 Judgment and compliance 536
Luis Viveros Montoya
27 Post-judgment procedures before international courts and tribunals 565
Manuel Almeida Ribeiro
28 Alternative and atypical dispute settlement resolution methods 580
Eran Sthoeger and Filippo Fontanelli

PART IV INTERNATIONAL PROCEDURAL LAW IN THE MAKING?
29 The interplay between substantive and procedural law in the settlement
of international disputes 601
Chester Brown and Rhys Carvosso
30 The interplay between private and public international law regarding procedure 631
Marta Requejo Isidro and Burkhard Hess
31 The proliferation of international courts and tribunals and its effect on
procedure in the settlement of international disputes 652
Bartłomiej Krzan