The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary, 2nd edition

This is the sort of book that delights the reader in the sense that he or she need not search anywhere for further information, as all that there is to be said on the ICJ Statute is largely contained here. It is not simply the wealth of information that is important, but the degree of legal analysis that is coupled with references to practice. The result could not have been any different given the selection of the contributors, all eminent international lawyers and experts in the various areas they have chosen to write about, each bringing to the forefront insights into relevant practice that is atypical to legal scholarship. The reader will not only find an excellent legal analysis but moreover an in-depth commentary as to how the ICJ operates and what shapes the actions and decisions of its various stakeholders.