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Nicaragua v. United States: Jurisdiction and Admissibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Herbert W. Briggs
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 79 , Issue 2 , April 1985 , pp. 373 - 378
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1985

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1 Military and Paramilitary Activities in and against Nicaragua (Nicar. v. U.S.), Jurisdiction and Admissibility, 1984 ICJ Rep. 392 (Judgment of Nov. 26). References to the Judgment in the text will be followed by parenthetical citations to the appropriate paragraph or paragraphs.

2 Since space is not available here to analyze this jurisprudence, I venture to cite my 1958 lectures before the Hague Academy of International Law, Reservations to the Acceptance of Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, 93 Recueil des Cours 223 (1958 I), particularly the chapters on reciprocity, time limits and the opinions of the Court, where full citations are given.

3 Id. at 267.

4 Cf Case concerning Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Port. v. India) (Preliminary Objections), 1957 ICJ Rep. 125, 143-44 (Judgment of Nov. 26), and quoted in the Court’s current opinion, para. 64.

5 See Waldock, , Decline of the Optional Clause 32 Brit. Y.B. Int’l L. 244 (1955-56)Google Scholar, from which dissenting judges freely quote in the current case. See also Briggs, supra note 2, at 258 ff, 261, 276-78, including citations.