The Settlement of Disputes in International Law Institutions and Procedures

John Collier, Former Lecturer in Law, and Fellow, University of Cambridge and Trinity Hall, Cambridge,Vaughan Lowe QC, Essex Court Chambers, London and Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford,Antonios Tzanakopoulos, Lecturer in Law and Fellow, University of Oxford and St Anne's College, Oxford

John Collier retired as Lecturer in Law and Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 2001.

Vaughan Lowe, QC is Emeritus Chichele Professor of Public International Law and a Fellow of All Souls College. He was formerly Reader in International Law and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College in the University of Cambridge; and before that he taught at the universities of Cardiff and Manchester and, as a visiting professor, in the USA. He practices as a barrister from Essex Court Chambers, London. He has advised governments and corporations on matters of international law, and is the author of many books and articles on the subject. He was appointed QC in 2008.

Antonios Tzanakopoulos is a University Lecturer in Public International Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Anne's College. Prior to that he was a Lecturer in Public International Law at University College London. He has taught at the Universities of Oxford and Glasgow. He studied law in Athens, New York, and Oxford. Antonios is a qualified lawyer with the Athens Bar in Greece, Associate Editor for the Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts, and collaborator scientific of the Hellenic Institute for International and Foreign Law.

1. Introduction
Part 1: Institutions
2. Methods of Dispute Settlement: The Basic Framework
3. The Role of Domestic Courts in the Settlement of International Disputes
Section 1: Institutions of General Jurisdiction
4. Arbitration
5. The International Court of Justice
Section 2: Institutions of Special/Limited Jurisdiction
6. Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea
7. The Settlement of International Economic Disputes
8. The Settlement of International Investment Disputes
9. Dispute Settlement and the Global Environment
10. Disputes between the Individual and the State
11. Dispute Settlement in International Sport
Part 2: Procedure
Section 1: Dynamic View
12. The Initial Stages
13. Preliminary Objections
14. Provisional Measures
15. Third Parties
16. The Judgment or Award
Section 2: Static View
17. The Tribunal
18. The Bench
19. Pleadings and Hearings
20. Conduct of Counsel
21. Evidence
Part 3: Problems of the International Dispute Settlement System
22. The Proliferation of International Courts and Tribunals
23. Regulating Competing Jurisdictions
24. Outlook