Law Series No 1 

Table of Contents
Chapter One
Prefatory Introduction ...........................................................................P. 1
Chapter Two
The New Public International Law under the Charter ..................................P. 19
Chapter Three
The United Nations and Law in Development .............................................P. 31
i. Evolution of United Nations Development Strategy ..................................P. 32
ii. Institutional FrameWork in Aid of development .......................................P. 38
iii. Legal and Financing Machinery for Promoting Development ......................P. 41
iv. Conclusion ........................................................................................P. 44
Chapter Four
The General Assembly and the Problems of Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Non-Use of Force in International Relations .......................................................P. 46
Chapter Five
Scope and Meaning of Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter an Assessment .............................................................................................................P. 55
i. Introduction
ii. Customary Law Prohibition of Force ......................................................p. 64
iii. Article 2(4) as applied in the Merits Stage of (Nicaragua V. United States of America ) ...............................................................................................p. 70
iv. Assessment of the Present Position .......................................................P. 75
(i) Summary and Analysis of Arguments Thus Far ........................................P. 75
(ii) Summary of the Legal and Judicial Situation ...........................................P. 77
Chapter Six
The International Court of Justice and the Rendering of Advisory Opinions ......P. 80
i. Request for Advisory Opinion ..................................................................P. 83
ii. Various Advisory Opinion Since 1948 ......................................................P. 85
iii. Advisory Opinion between1951 and 1973 ...............................................P. 92
iv. conclusion .........................................................................................P. 75
Chapter Seven
State Responsibility within the Purview of the United Nations Charter .............P. 98
Chapter Eight
The World Court and International Legal System ........................................P. 110
i. The Court .........................................................................................P. 110
ii. Membership and Composition of the Court .............................................P. 112
Election ................................................................................................P. 112
Other Duties of the Secretary-General ......................................................P. 113
Tenure of Membership ...........................................................................P. 114
The Rule of Incompatibility P. 115
Dismissal of P. 115
Judges Privileges and Immunities ............................................................P. 115
Seat of the Court ...................................................................................p. 115
Chambers of the Court ............................................................................P. 115
Expenses of Litigation .............................................................................P.117
iii. Jurisdiction of the Court ......................................................................P. 117
The So-called Optional Clause ..................................................................P. 118
iv. The Binding Character of the Court’s Judgments ...................................P. 119
Intervention ..........................................................................................P. 120
Judgments Generally ..............................................................................P. 121
Provisional Measures ..............................................................................P. 122
Non-Appearance of one of the Parties Before the Court ...............................P. 122
V. The Court’s Advisory Opinions .............................................................p.127
Vii Cases of Special Reference to the Court ................................................P. 129
Chapter Nine
Some Aspects of International Considered in Relation to Apartheid Racism and Racial Discrimination .............................................................................P. 130
Chapter Ten
The International Court of Justice in Relations to the United Nations Administration Tribunal ...............................................................................................P. 154
Chapter Eleven
The World Court and the Clamber System – A New Development in International Jurisprudence ........................................................................................P. 203
1. The Court and the Chamber Procedure ..................................................P. 203
ii. Formation of Chambers .......................................................................P. 204
iii. Possible Interpretation of Article 26 of the Statute ..................................P. 206
iv. The Setting up on the Chamber in Action ..............................................P. 207
v. The Chambers in Operation P. 209
vi. The chambers and its Nation d’etre P. 215
Chapter Twelve
The World Court and Recent Issues of Jurisdiction ......................................P. 219