Questions of Jurisdiction and Admissibility before International Courts (Hardcover)

Introduction; Part I. The Concept of Jurisdiction and Admissibility in International Adjudication: 1. Jurisdiction as a policy tool; 2. Jurisdiction as delegated authority; 3. Jurisdiction as a power constraint on international courts; 4. The role of admissibility in the exercise of judicial power; 5. The conflicting interests of international judges reviewing jurisdiction and admissibility; Part II. The Law Governing Jurisdictional Decisions of International Courts: 6. Jurisdiction in abstracto and in concreto; 7. Distinguishing jurisdiction from substantive law; 8. International court decisions on jurisdiction as a form of category-based case selection; 9. Individual case-by-case selection; Part III. Questions of Admissibility before International Courts: 10. The taxonomical challenge; 11. Admissibility as a policy tool; Conclusion.