The International Court of Justice's approach to justiciability of political disputes

¶ … International Court of Justice and Its Stance on Resolution of Legal Disputes Connected to a Broader Political Dispute

This work examines the International Court of Justices' stance in relation to its avowed non-refusal in resolving legal disputes that are connected to or part of a broader political dispute. This work focuses on the critical analysis of whether the International Court of Justice (ICT) has adopted a convincing and consistent approach to this issues of justicability. The International Court of justice handles two types of cases: (1) Advisory proceedings - on legal questions referred to it by UN organs and agencies; and (2) Contentious proceedings - when the dispute is brought before the Court by a unilateral application filed by one state against another state. The work of Coleman (2003) entitled: "The International Court of Justice and Highly Political Matters" states that there has been the expression of concern relating to the ability of the International Court of Justice to "make a valid contribution to the resolution of highly political matters - those matters where the national interests of nation states are threatened." This work examines this issue and presents a critical analysis of this issue.

EXAMINATION of INTERNATIONAL COURT of JUSTICE and ITS STANCE on RESOLUTION of LEGAL DISPUTES CONNECTED to a BROADER POLITICAL DISPUTE