International law and dispute settlement : new problems and techniques / edited by Duncan French, Matthew Saul and Nigel D. White.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-393) and index.

Private disputes and the public interest in international law / Vaughan Lowe -- The International Court of Justice and environmental disputes / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- Complaint and grievance mechanisms in international dispute settlement / Duncan French and Richard Kirkham -- Stuck in the middle with you? Alternative approaches to realising accountability for human rights violations by business / Sorcha Macleod -- Practice and procedure of dispute settlement in individual communication cases within the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women : congruence or conflict? / Sandy Ghandhi -- Trends in dispute settlement in the law of the sea : towards the increasing availability of compulsory means / Robin Churchill -- The WTO dispute settlement mechanism as a new technique for settling disputes in international law / Surya P. Subedi -- Legal means of dispute settlement in the field of collective security : the quasi-judicial powers of the Security Council / Nigel D. White and Matthew Saul -- Non-compliance procedures and dispute resolution mechanisms under international environmental agreements / Karen N. Scott -- The Antarctic Treaty after 50 years / James Crawford -- Cross-border family mediation / Kisch Beevers -- Aspects of the African Court of Justice and human rights / Gino J. Naldi -- The EU, the ECHR and the effective protection of human rights for individuals / Tawhida Ahmed -- The European Court of Justice as a constitutional court : implications for the EU and international legal orders / Paul James Cardwell.

International dispute settlement plays a fundamental role in maintaining the fabric of the international legal order, reflecting the desire of States and non-State actors to resolve their differences through international dispute procedures and other legal mechanisms. This collection focuses on the growth and complexity of such methods.