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Intensive Course: The Metamorphosis of the International Judicial Function

Prof. Georges Abi-Saab, Honorary Professor of the Graduate Institute; Member of the Institute of International Law; former Judge on the Appeals Chamber of the ICTY-ICTR; former Member of the Appellate Body of the WTO; former judge ad hoc on the ICJ.

Much concern is currently expressed about the "proliferation of international courts and tribunals" and the "fragmentation of international law". This course purports to examine, in a macro-analytical and dynamic prespective, the fairly recent quantum move of the international judicial function from a state of dearth, approaching inexistence, to one of relative abundance, and the specific characteristics and problems attaching to each of these two states, as well as their impact on the structure and functioning of the international legal system in general.


Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) - Geneva Law School and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
P.O. Box 136 - 1211 Geneva 21 - Switzerland
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