Internationale Gerichtsbarkeit als Instrument friedlicher Streitbeilegung

The dissertation examines, with socio-scientific methods, the role and the political significance of international jurisdiction as an instrument of peaceful dispute settlement. Initially, it researches, in handbook form, eleven international (arbitration-)courts in order to then give an empirical and analytical in-depth presentation of the shortcomings of the dispute settlement system – considering the example of the International Court of Justice – and to submit reform proposals.
The main focus of this study is the empirical examination of all 100 cases of the International Court of Justice in The Hague which the ICJ addressed until 2001. In this context, the study investigates particularly the circumstances under which states are willing to settle their disputes by judicial decisions and to abide by judgements. Among other things, an analysis is made of the influence of the category of the system of the parties to a dispute and the status of their power in international politics as well as the importance of the subject of the dispute on the friendliness of each state towards international jurisdiction.
This publication can be highly recommended as rewarding reading to the general public as well as to experts from the fields of social science, politics, jurisprudence or journalism.