In order to understand the role of international courts (ICs) in the international legal system, this chapter examines 25 permanent international courts by analyzing four roles that states have delegated to courts: enforcement, administrative review, constitutional review, and dispute settlement. The chapter finds that ICs can become not only agents of the states who create them, but also trustees of the law, creating checks on sovereign authority in ways member states never intended. The chapter concludes by examining how ICs might undermine domestic democracy.2-

Last modified

• 01/03/2019

Creator

• Karen J. Alter

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N27F2X

Alternate Identifier

• 12-002

Keyword

• international courts
• buffett

Date created

• 2012

Resource type

• Research Paper

Rights statement

• In Copyright