Governance of International Courts and Tribunals
Institutions, Practices, and Norms
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 9 April 2026
- ISBN 9780198922131
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages608 pages
- Size 240x164x40 mm
- Weight 1032 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This volume examines how international courts are governed, focusing on the institutions and processes that shape their success. It explores oversight bodies' roles in legal frameworks, appointments, budgets, and enforcement, offering a fresh perspective on international justice.
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Governance of International Courts and Tribunals presents the first systematic examination of the institutions, practices, and norms that constitute international judicial governance—the oversight exercised by states and international organisations over international courts and tribunals to ensure their independent, accountable, and effective functioning.
Departing from the traditional focus on courts' mandates, jurisprudence, and procedures, the book turns attention to international judicial governance institutions (what the book terms 'injugovins')—the political and executive bodies, such as organs of international organisations or dedicated governance bodies, responsible for overseeing courts. It explores their practices and the normative frameworks that guide them.
Injugovins are revealed as crucial yet long-overlooked actors in the international adjudicative landscape. Their performance shapes the entire life cycle of courts—from the adoption of constituent instruments to budgeting, appointments, accountability mechanisms, institutional reform, enforcement, and closure. Many of the challenges faced by courts, including legitimacy crises, limited effectiveness, and political backlash, often stem from, or are worsened by, governance shortcomings.
Addressing a long-standing gap in the literature, the volume develops a shared vocabulary and conceptual framework for understanding international judicial governance as a distinct domain of international institutional law and practice. Comprising 24 contributions, it combines conceptual analysis, regime-specific studies, and cross-cutting functional perspectives. It maps historical and contemporary governance models—including those of the PCIJ, ICJ, CJEU, ICC, and African regional courts—and examines key functions such as judicial elections, financial oversight, and enforcement. With empirical depth and analytical clarity, this volume lays the foundations for future research on the legitimacy, oversight, and effectiveness of international courts.
Table of Contents:
PART I - DEMARCATING AND MAPPING JUDICIAL GOVERNANCE
Introduction
What is (International) Judicial Governance?
International Judicial Governance Institutions: Topography, Typology, and Guiding Principles
PART II - HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS
Managing the Realization of 'The Hope of Ages': Governance of the Permanent Court of International Justice
Governance of the International Military Tribunals at Nuremberg and Tokyo
PART III - MODERN REGIMES
Governance of the International Court of Justice
Governance of Regional Integration Courts— EACJ and SADC Tribunal: Perspectives from Africa
Paper Lions: The Governance of Africa's (Quasi-)Judicial Human Rights Institutions
Governance of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Governance of the United Nations Criminal Tribunals
Governance of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon: An Administrative Perspective
PART IV - JUDICIAL GOVERNANCE FUNCTIONS
The Election of Judges onto the European Court of Human Rights
The Procedure for Nominating Members of the EU Courts: The Role of the 255 Panel
Financial Governance of International Courts and Tribunals
The Enforcement of International Judicial Decisions
Implementation of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: The Supervisory Role of the Committee of Ministers
PART V - CRISES AND SOLUTIONS
The Demise of the WTO Appellate Body: Lessons for the Governance of International Adjudication?
Challenges to the Governance of the International Criminal Court
Electing the Best? Process and Politics of Nomination and Election of International Judges
Deficient Protection of the Independence of International Judges by International Judicial Governance Institutions: The Case of Judge Akay
PART VI - FUTURE OUTLOOK
The Three-Layered Governance Model: The Truce between Independence and Accountability
Conclusion
PART VII - KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Addendum 1: Governance of the International Court of Justice
Addendum 2: Governance of the International Criminal Court
