Compulsory Jurisdiction in International Law

The system of optional clause declarations is a unique regime of compulsory jurisdiction based on the two World Courts' Statutes. This timely book offers a wide-ranging academic survey of the developments of that system, the theoretical and procedural aspects of the unilateral declarations of acceptance and the reservations added to these declarations. The author critically examines those reservations which undermine the system of compulsory jurisdiction and discusses the major controversies. Sh