Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Table of Cases -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Introductory -- CHAPTER 1 INTERNATIONAL ADJUDICATORY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT-NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT -- International disputes -- International tribunals -- Third party judicial settlement-development of arbitration -- Structure of peaceful dispute settlement in modern international relations -- Adjudicatory methods -- Proliferation of adjudicatory dispute settlement -- Representation before tribunals -- Status of international tribunals -- Scheme of study -- Part II: General Principles -- CHAPTER 2 MEANING OF JURISDICTION IN INTERNATIONAL JURIDICAL USAGE -- Diversity of connotation -- National legal systems compared with the international system -- Usage and applicability -- Primary connotation of the term -- Other areas examined -- Seisin and its relationship to jurisdiction -- CHAPTER 3 CONSENT AS THE BASIS OF JURISDICTION OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS -- The requirement -- Requirements for effective consent -- Derivative or indirect consent -- International war crimes tribunals and consent -- Consent and individuals -- The relationship of consent to inherent jurisdiction -- Jurisdiction to render advisory opinions and rulings of law -- Irrelevance of consent -- Parameters of consent -- CHAPTER 4 INTERPRETATION OF CLAUSES SUBMITTING TO JURISDICTION -- The contra proferentem rule -- Restrictive interpretation -- Sovereignty -- Positive principles applicable -- CHAPTER 5 LA COMPÉTENCE DE LA COMPÉTENCE -- History -- Initial rationale and explanations of the rule -- Current status-general jurisprudence -- Current status-jurisprudence of the World Court -- Current status-conclusion -- Possible limitations -- Raising proprio motu the issue of la compétence de la compétence -- Finality of the determination on la compétence de la compétence.

Jurisdiction of other tribunals to decide on the compétence of a tribunal -- The issue of conflict of interest -- CHAPTER 6 COMPÉTENCE-THE CONSTITUTION OF THE TRIBUNAL -- The Commonwealth Secretariat International Arbitral Tribunal Case -- International arbitrations -- Two international cases -- Other tribunals -- CHAPTER 7 COMPÉTENCE TO SETTLE DISPUTES -- Forum prorogatum and compétence -- The judgment on compétence and res judicata -- Identifying matters of compétence -- Time for raising issues of compétence -- Sources of jurisdiction -- Scope of primary jurisdiction -- Fundamental limitations on the scope of primary jurisdiction -- Exercise of jurisdiction and discretion -- Proof of jurisdiction -- CHAPTER 8 ADMISSIBILITY -- Grounds for inadmissibility -- Waiver and estoppel -- Time for raising objections to admissibility -- CHAPTER 9 INCIDENTAL JURISDICTION -- (A) Intervention -- (B) Interim measures -- CHAPTER 10 JURISDICTION VIS-À-VIS REMEDIES -- Agreement and specific provision -- Interpretation of specific provisions -- Inherent or implied jurisdiction -- The principle of non ultra petita and jurisdiction -- CHAPTER 11 JURISDICTION TO REOPEN CASES -- (1) Res judicata and finality -- (2) Reopening cases -- CHAPTER 12 ADVISORY JURISDICTION -- The limitation that requests must be within the scope of an organization's activities -- The requirement that the question be legal -- Specific terms of reference -- The judicial character of the Court -- The exercise of the discretion to give an opinion: the Court's status as a principal organ -- Jurisdiction to reopen advisory opinions -- Part III: SPECIFIC COURTS AND TRIBUNALS -- CHAPTER 13 THE PERMANENT COURT OF INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE AND THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE -- A. Forum Prorogatum -- B. Jurisdiction under the Optional Clause.

CHAPTER 14 ARBITRAL TRIBUNALS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR SETTLEMENT OF INVESTMENT DISPUTES -- Rationale for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) -- Outline of the System under the ICSID Convention -- Institutional Jurisdiction-its Scope and Limitations -- CHAPTER 15 INTERNATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS -- (1) Fundamental considerations -- (2) Jurisdictional competence -- (3) Irreceivability or inadmissibility -- (4) Jurisdiction in regard to granting remedies -- (5) Jurisdiction to review -- CHAPTER 16 THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- Matters Strictly of Competence -- Matters of Admissibility Proper -- The Function and Jurisdiction of the Court under the Old and New System -- CHAPTER 17 THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES -- (A) Enforcement Actions against Member States -- (B) The Jurisdiction to Review -- (C) Plenary Jurisdiction -- (D) Preliminary Rulings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.