Spiermann Ole. International Legal Argument in the Permanent Court of International Justice: The Rise of the International Judiciary

Cambridge University Press, 2004. — 539 p.The International Court of Justice at The Hague is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, and the successor of the Permanent Court of International Justice (1923--46), which was the first real permanent court of justice at the international level. This book analyses the ground-breaking contribution of the Permanent Court to international law, in terms of both judicial technique and the development of legal principle.
The book draws on hitherto unpublished archival material left by judges and other persons involved in the work of the Permanent Court, giving fascinating insights into many of its most important decisions and the individuals who made them (Huber, Anzilotti, Moore, Hammerskjöld and others). At the same time, it examines international legal argument in the Permanent Court, basing its approach on a developed model of international legal argument that stresses the intimate relationships between international and national lawyers and between international and national law.
Ole Spiermann is Lecturer in International Law at the University of Copenhagen. He specialises in international law and international dispute settlement. He is a member of the Executive Council of the International Law Association as well as the ILA Committees on International Commercial Arbitration and Foreign Investment. Dr Spiermann is an associate with Jonas Bruun Law Firm, Copenhagen.