Compulsory jurisdiction in international law - Lamm, Vanda (Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, 2014)
A short history of the arbitral settlement of interstate disputes until the establishment of the PCIJ -- The legislative history of the optional clause and its conception -- Declarations accepting the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court -- Admissibility of reservations to declarations of acceptance -- The legal character of the optional clause system -- Reciprocity and the system of optional clause declarations -- Generally accepted reservations to declarations of acceptance -- Destructive reservations -- Termination and amendment of declarations of acceptance -- Objecting to the Court's jurisdiction -- Reconsidering the optional clause system.
Included bibliographical references (pages 305-312) and index.
Keywords: International Court of Justice; Jurisdiction (International law)