The World Court Digest continues the Fontes Iuris Gentium, a series that presents the decisions of the Permanent Court of International Justice, up to 1990. The new volume covers the period from 1996 to 2000. All important pronouncements of the Court in its judgments and advisory opinions, are systematically arranged under specific topics taken from substantive and procedural international law. The World Court Digest provides reliable access to the decisions of the most significant international judicial organ on questions as important as the aerial incident at Lockerbie, the crimes of genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the use of nuclear weapons and the use of force in the Yugoslavian context.

The World Court Digest, formerly "Fontes Iuris Gentium," continues the series that has presented the decisions of the Permanent Court of International Justice and its successor, the International Court of Justice. The new volume includes the decisions up to 1990 presented in a slightly changed system to facilitate use by the reader. The pronouncements which are of importance for international law in the judgments and advisory opinions of the Court, including separate and dissenting opinions, have been systematically arranged and reproduced in English. The World Court Digest provides the reader with a reliable means of access to the decisions of the most important international judicial organ. The volume includes a subject index as well as lists of the decisions and judges.

The World Court Digest continues the Fontes Iuris Gentium, a series that presents the decisions of the Permanent Court of International Justice, up to 1990. The new volume covers the period from 1996 to 2000. All important pronouncements of the Court in its judgments and advisory opinions, are systematically arranged under specific topics taken from substantive and procedural international law. The World Court Digest provides reliable access to the decisions of the most significant international judicial organ on questions as important as the aerial incident at Lockerbie, the crimes of genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the use of nuclear weapons and the use of force in the Yugoslavian context.

The World Court Digest presents the decisions of the International Court of Justice. The new volume covers the period from 1991 to 1995. The pronouncements of the Court which are of importance for international law in the judgments including separate and dissenting opinions have been systematically arranged under specific topics concerning substantive international law as well as procedural international law. The World Court Digest provides the reader with a reliable means of access to the decisions of the most important international judicial organ concerning cases as important as the Lockerbie-case; the question of the violation of the genocide convention, of the nuclear test problem, to mention only some of the most important issues.

33 Antragsgegner, eine miindliche oder schriftliche Stellungnahme abzugeben, die innerhalb einer kurzen Frist vorzunehmen ist. Die anderen Gerichte - Rustungskontrollgericht, MRK -Gerichtshof, Zentralamerikanischer Gerichts- hof z. B. - sehen eine Zustellung des Antrags nicht vor. Das aber nicht nur aus verfahrensfordernden Gesichtspunkten, wie z. B. urn den bei der- artigen Verfahren im innerstaatlichen Recht oft hervorgehobenen Ober- raschungseffekt zu wahren 113, sondern aus anderen, sich aus der Sache er- gebenden Grunden. Dag beim Zentralamerikanischen Gerichtshof eine der- artige Magnahme nicht vorgesehen ist, mug, wie schon ofters hervorgehoben, nicht auf einer Sachentscheidung beruhen, da dieses Verfahren iiberhaupt keine nahere, positive Regelung erfahren hat. Beim Rustungskontrollge- richt ergibt sich das Fehlen einer Zustellung aus sachlichen Erwagungen, die allerdings dem sog. Oberraschungseffekt nahestehen. Zusammenfassung Zusammenfassend lagt sich sagen, dag die hier betrachteten internationalen Gerichte und Schiedsgerichte in der Regel iibereinstimmende Vorschriften beziiglich der Einleitung des Verfahrens vorsehen. Abweichungen ergeben sich aus materiellen Grunden sowie bisweilen aus der mangelnden Ausge- staltung des Verfahrens iiberhaupt 114.