TY - JOUR

T1 - Barcelona Traction at 40

T2 - The ICJ as an agent of legal development

AU - Tams, Christian J.

AU - Tzanakopoulos, Antonios

PY - 2010/12

Y1 - 2010/12

N2 - The article revisits the Barcelona Traction judgment of the International Court of Justice, rendered forty years ago. It evaluates the lasting influence of the Court's pronouncements on the nationality of corporations and on obligations erga omnes, and uses the case to illustrate the Court's role as an influential agent of legal development. In this respect, it identifies a number of factors that can help to explain under which circumstances judicial pronouncements are likely to shape the law. Copyright © Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law 2010.

AB - The article revisits the Barcelona Traction judgment of the International Court of Justice, rendered forty years ago. It evaluates the lasting influence of the Court's pronouncements on the nationality of corporations and on obligations erga omnes, and uses the case to illustrate the Court's role as an influential agent of legal development. In this respect, it identifies a number of factors that can help to explain under which circumstances judicial pronouncements are likely to shape the law. Copyright © Foundation of the Leiden Journal of International Law 2010.

KW - community interest

KW - development of international law

KW - diplomatic protection

KW - international community

KW - International Court of Justice

KW - lawmaking

KW - nationality of corporations

KW - obligations erga omnes

KW - Law

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U2 - 10.1017/S0922156510000361

DO - 10.1017/S0922156510000361

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:79956321229

VL - 23

SP - 781

EP - 800

JO - Leiden Journal of International Law

JF - Leiden Journal of International Law

SN - 0922-1565

IS - 4

ER -