The International Legal System: Cases and Materials
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Administration des Douanes v. Société Cafés Jacques Vabre
2 C.M.L.R. 336 (1975)Air Transport Association of America v. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate ChangeThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
Case C-366/10, 2011 E.C.R. I-13755Applicability of the Obligation to Arbitrate Under Section 21 of the United Nations Headquarters Agreement of 26 June 1947This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
1988 I.C.J. Rep. 12 (Advisory Opinion of April 26, 1988)Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of GenocideThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
2007 I.C.J. 43Arab Monetary Fund v. Hashim and Others
[1991] UKHL J0221-1 (1991)Arancibia Clavel, Enrique Lautaro, and Others, re Aggravated Homicide and Illicit Association and Others
Cause No. 15/6/93-B (2004)Argentine Republic v. Amerada Hess Shipping Corp.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
488 U.S. 428, 109 S.Ct. 683, 102 L.Ed.2d 818 (1989)Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
2002 I.C.J. 3 (Feb. 14), reprinted in 41 I.L.M. 536 (2002)Asakura v. City of SeattleThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
265 U.S. 332 (1924)Australia—Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements Applicable to Tobacco Products and Packaging
WT/DS435/R, WT/DS441/R, WT/DS458/R, 28 DS467/R (2018)Austria v. AltmannThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
541 U.S. 677 (2004)Avena and Other Mexican NationalsThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
2004 I.C.J. Rep. (Judgment of Mar. 31, 2004)
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Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Ltd. (Belgium v. Spain)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
1970 I.C.J. 3 (1970)Belilos v. Switzerland
10 E.H.R.R. 466, 479-83 (1988)
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Case Concerning East TimorThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
1995 I.C.J. Rep. 90 (Judgment of June 30, 1995)Case Concerning the Factory at Chorzow (Germany v. Poland)
1928 P.C.I.J. (Ser. A) No. 17, at 46-48 (September 13, 1928)Colombia—Measures Relating to the Importation of Textiles, Apparel and Footwear
WT/DS461/AB/R (2016)Committee of U.S. Citizens Living in Nicaragua v. Reagan
859 F.2d 929 (1988)Consequences of the Separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965
2019 I.C.J. 169 (2019), 2019 I.C.J. 95 (2019)Costa v. ENELThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
Case ECR 585 (1964)Criminal Proceedings against Jean-Claude Levy
Case C-158/91, ECR 1-4287 (1993)
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Dow Jones & Company, Inc. v. Gutnick
[2002] HCA 56 (Austl.) (2002)
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eDate Advertising GmbH v. X, and Martinez v. MGN, Ltd.
Joined Cases C-509/09 and C-161/10, CELEX: 62009CJ0509 (2011)Ekmekdjian, Miguel A. c/Sofovich, Gerado and OthersThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
Fallos 315;1492 (July 7, 1992)Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
499 U.S. 244 (1991)European Communities—Measures Affecting Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products
WT/DS135/AB/R (April 5, 2001)Ex Parte Pinochet Ugarte (No. 3)This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
United Kingdom, House of Lords, Pinochet III, [1999] 2 All ER 97, 170, 2 WLR 827, 38 I.L.M.581, 644 (1999)
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Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp
141 S. Ct. 703, 592 U.S. 169 (2021)Firma A. Racke GmbH & Co. v. Hauptzollamt Mainz
Case C-162/96, ECR I-3655 (1998)Fisheries Jurisdiction CaseThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
1974 I.C.J. Rep. 3 (Judgment of 25 July, 1974)
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Gabčíkovo -Nagymaros Project (Hungary/Slovakia)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
1997 I.C.J. 7 (1997), reprinted in 37 I.L.M. 162 (1998)
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In Re: Aquarone
101 Rev. Gen. Dr. Int. Pub. 838, 92 Am. J. Int’l L. 764 (1997)In re Duchy of Sealand
Case No. 9 K 2565/77, 77 Am. J. Int’l L. 160 (1978)In re Reparation for Injuries Suffered in the Service of the United NationsThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
1949 ICJ Rep. 174 (1949)Interpretation of the Agreement of 25 March 1951 between the WHO and Egypt
1980 I.C.J. 73 (Advisory Opinion of Dec. 20, 1980)Island of Palmas Case (United States v. The Netherlands)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
2 R. Int’l Arb. Awards 869 (1928)
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Jam v. International Finance Corporation
139 S. Ct. 759 (2019)J. H. Rayner v. Department of Trade and Industry
3 All ER 257 (1988)Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy: Greece Intervening)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
2012 I.C.J. 99
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Kadi v. Council and Commission
Joined Cases C-402/05 P and C-415/05 P, 2008 ECJ EUR-Lex LEXIS 1954, [2008] ECR I-6351 (2008)Kandyrine de Brito Paiva (Imperial Russian Bonds)
No. 303678, 28 Revue Française de Droit Administratif 17, 106 Am. J. Int’l L. 341 (2011)Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
569 U.S. 108 (2013)
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LaGrand Case (Germany v. United States)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
2001 I.C.J. 466Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute—El Salvador/Honduras; Nicaragua Intervening
1992 ICJ Rep. 350 (Judgment of September 11) (1992)Law Society of South Africa and Others v President of South Africa and OthersThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
[2018] ZACC 51 (2018)Law Society of South Africa v. President of the Republic
CCT 67/18 (2018)Legal Consequences of the Separation of the Chargos Archipelao from Mauritius in 1965This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
2019 I.C.J. Rep. 95 (2019)Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear WeaponsThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
1996 I.C.J. 226 (1996)Legal Status of Eastern Greenland (Denmark v. Norway)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
1933 P.C.I.J. (ser. A/B) No. 53 (1933)Ligue Contre le Racisme et l'Antisémitisme v. Yahoo! Inc.
France, Cour de Cassation, No. 220, ILDC 777 (2003)
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Massera re Appeals
No. 30514 (1999)Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions (Greece v. Great Britain)
1924 P.C.I.J. (ser. A) No. 2 (1924)MCC-Marble Ceramic Center, Inc. v. Ceramica Nuova D'Agostino, S.P.A.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
144 F.3d 1384 (1998)Medellín v. TexasThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
552 U.S. 491 (2008)Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
1986 I.C.J. 14, 103-23Military and Paramilitary Activities in and Against Nicaragua (Nicaragua v. United States)This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
1984 ICJ Rep. 392 (1984)
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North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (Federal Republic of Germany v. Denmark; Federal Republic of Germany v. Netherlands)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
1969 I.C.J. 3 (Feb. 20) (Summary of the Decision) (1969)Nottebohm Case (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
1955 I.C.J. 4 (1955)NV Algemene Transport – en Expedite Onderneming van Gend & Loos v. Netherlands Inland Revenue Administration
[1963] E.C.R. 1 (1963)
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Oil Platforms (Iran v. United States)This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
2003 ICJ Rep. 161 (2003)Ould Dah v. France
Register Press Release No. 13113/03 (2009)
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Partial Award on Economic Loss Throughout Ethiopia (Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia v. State of Eritrea)
Eritrea Ethiopia Claims Commission July 1 2003Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association v. Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III, et al.
G.R. No. 173034 (2007)Prosecuter v. TadicThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
IT-94-1-A (1999)Prosecutor v. Stanislav Galić
Case No. IT-98-29-T (2003)Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina v. Uruguay)This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
2010 ICJ Reps. 135 (2010)
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Rainbow Warrior This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
France-New Zealand Arbitration Tribunal April 30 1990Re Establishment of the International Criminal Court
Decision No. 98-408, 125 ILR 475 (1999)Reference Re Secession of QuebecThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
37 I.L.M. 1340 (1998)Regina v. Bartle, Bow Street Stipendiary Magistrate & Commissioner of Police, Ex Parte PinochetThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
United Kingdom House of Lords [2000] 1 A.C. 147 (1999), 2 W.L.R. 827 (H.L.), reprinted in 38 I.L.M. 581 (1999)Re Immigration Act and Hanna
21 Western Weekly Rep. 400 (1957)Rein v. Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
162 F.3d 748 (1998)Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc.This case brief has an associated case brief video.
504 U.S. 607, 112 S.Ct. 2160, 119 L.Ed.2d 394 (1992)Republic of Ireland v. United Kingdom
2 Eur. Ct. H.R. (ser. A) at 25 (1978)Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 31 March 2004 in the Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States of America)
2009 I.C.J. 3 (2009)Re Rissmann
1 Italian Yearbook of International Law 254 (1970)Reservations to the Convention on GenocideThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
1951 I.C.J. 15 (1951)R. (on the application of al-Jedda) (FC) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State (Respondent)
[2007] UKHL 58 (2007)Russia—Measures Concerning Traffic in Transit
WT/DS512/R (2019)R. v. Hape
[2007] 2 S.C.R. 292, 2007 SCC 26 (2007)
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Samantar v. YousufThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
560 U.S. 305, 130 S.Ct. 2278, 176 L.Ed. 1047 (2010)Selmouni v. France
1999-V Eur. Ct. H.R. 149, 29 EHHR 403 (1999)Siderman De Blake v. Republic of Argentina
965 F.2d 699 (1992)Símon, Julio Héctor and Others re Illegitimate Deprivation of Freedom
Cause No. 17.768c (2005)Social & Economic Rights Action Center & The Center for Economic & Social Rights v. Nigeria
Comm. 155/96, 15th Annual Activity Report (2001)Société Arcelor Atlantique et Lorraine and Others v. France
No. 287110, ILDC 739 (2007)Sosa v. Alvarez-MachainThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
542 U.S. 692 (2004)South China Sea Arbitration, (Philippines v. China)This case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the 1982 United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (2016)South West Africa Cases—Liberia and Ethiopia v. South Africa
1966 I.C.J. Rep. 6 (July 18) (Second Phase) (1966)Spain v. France (Lac Lanoux Arbitration)
12 R.I.A.A. 281 (Nov. 16, 1957), reprinted in 24 I.L.R. 101 (1957)State v. Makwanyane
Case No. CCT/3/94 (1995)
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Territorial Dispute and Maritime Delimitation (Nicaragua v. Colombia)
2012 I.C.J. Rep. 624 (2012)Texaco Overseas Petroleum Co. & California Asiatic Oil Co. v. The Government of the Libyan Arab RepublicThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
53 Int'l L. Rep. 389-409 (1979)The “Arctic Sunrise” Case (Netherlands v. Russia)
Case No. 22 (2013)The Case of the Prosecutor v. Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir (“Omar Al Bashir”)
ICC-02/05-01/09-3 (2009)The Case of the S.S. Lotus (France v. Turkey)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
P.C.I.J., Ser. A, No. 10 (1927)The Diplomatic and Consular Staff Case (U.S. v. Iran)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
1980 I.C.J. 3 (1980)The Meuse Case (Neth. v. Belg.)
1937 P.C.I.J. (ser. A/B) No. 70The M/V “Saiga” (No. 2) (St. Vincent v. Guinea)
38 International Legal Materials 1323 (1999)The Paquete HabanaThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
44 L. Ed. 320 (1900), 175 U.S. 677 (1900Tinoco Claims Arbitration (Great Britain v. Costa Rica)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
1 U.N. Rep. Int’l Arb. Awards 369 (1923)Trendtex Trading Corporation Ltd v. Central Bank of Nigeria
1 QB 529 (1977)Turkey–Restrictions on Imports of Textile and Clothing Products
WT/DS34/AB/R (November 19, 1999)
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United States—Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products (The Shrimp-Turtle Case)This case brief has an associated case brief video.
WT/DS58/AB/R (November 6, 1998)United States of America v. The Palestine Liberation Organization, et al.
695 F. Supp. 1456 (1988)United States v. Ali Mohamed Ali
718 F.3d 929, 934-36 (2013)United States v. Alvarez-MachainThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
504 U.S. 655 (1992)United States v. ClarkThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
435 F.3d 1100 (2006)United States v. Pizzarusso
388 F.2d 8 (1968)United States v. SmithThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
5 Wheat. 153, 18 U.S. 153, 5 L.Ed. 57 (1820)United States v. YousefThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
327 F.3d 56 (2003)United States v. Yunis
924 F.2d 1086 (1991)
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Velasquez Rodriguez CaseThis case is currently assigned to a writer and is coming soon.
Inter-Am Ct. H.R. (Ser. C) No. 4 (1988)
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Ware v. HyltonThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 199, 1 L.Ed. 568 (1796)Winner Wetten GmbH v. Bürgermeisterin der Stadt Bergheim
Case C-409/06, ECR 1-8015 (2010)
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Yahoo!, Inc. v. La Ligue Contre Le Racisme et L'AntisemitismeThis case brief has an associated case brief video.
169 F.Supp.2d 1181 (2001)Yousuf v. Samantar
699 F.3d 763 (2012)
