| | Foreword | |
| | Abbreviations | |
| | Introduction | 1 |
| | International Courts as Organs of International Organisations: Historical Perspective | 5 |
| 1 | International courts and international organisations: A historical development | 5 |
| 2 | The ICJ as a part of the UN system | 22 |
| | The Advisory Role of the International Court of Justice | 47 |
| 1 | The Legal Basis of the ICJ's Advisory Jurisdiction | 49 |
| 2 | Organs Authorised to Request Advisory Opinions | 50 |
| 3 | Prerequisites for Requesting an Advisory Opinion | 66 |
| 4 | The Obligation to Request Advisory Opinions from the ICJ | 100 |
| 5 | Is the ICJ under any Obligation to Give Opinions? | 102 |
| 6 | The Legal Effect of Advisory Opinions of the Court: Are They Binding? | 109 |
| | The Role of the International Court of Justice in Interpreting and Developing the Institutional Law of the United Nations | 121 |
| 1 | The Power of the ICJ to Interpret the Constitutional Instrument | 122 |
| 2 | The ICJ and the Implied Powers of the UN and its Organs | 129 |
| 3 | The Determination of the Relationship between the UN Organs | 136 |
| 4 | The ICJ and the Exercise of Exclusive Competence by the UN Organs | 143 |
| 5 | Interpretation and Application of Agreements between the UN and its Specialized Agencies vis-a-vis their Member States | 159 |
| 6 | The ICJ and the Legal Effect of the Resolutions of the UN Organs | 167 |
| | The Role of the International Court of Justice in Facilitating the Realisation of the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations through its Contentious Jurisdiction | 177 |
| 1 | The ICJ's Contentious Jurisdiction: The Necessity of States' Consent | 178 |
| 2 | The role of the ICJ in maintaining international peace and security | 213 |
| 3 | The role of the ICJ with regard to other purposes and principles of the UN | 262 |
| | The International Court of Justice as a Constitutional Court: The Question of Judicial Review | 279 |
| 1 | The rule of law in the UN | 280 |
| 2 | Judicial review in the national and international domain | 290 |
| 3 | Judicial review by the ICJ in the framework of the UN | 295 |
| 4 | The means of referring acts to the Court | 326 |
| 5 | The scope of the judicial review | 333 |
| | The International Court of Justice as a Court of Appeal | 341 |
| 1 | Judicial appeal and other judicial activities | 343 |
| 2 | The legal basis of the ICJ's appellate jurisdiction over the Administrative Tribunals' judgments | 345 |
| 3 | Procedures of judicial appeal | 353 |
| 4 | The scope and grounds of judicial appeal | 355 |
| 5 | The parties to judicial appeal | 361 |
| 6 | The ICJ's practice as a court of appeal | 364 |
| 7 | GA Resolution 50/54: A turning point and evaluation | 368 |
| | General Conclusions and Suggestions | 377 |
| 1 | General evaluation of the Court's role | 377 |
| 2 | Suggestions to enhance the Court's role as the principal judicial organ of the UN | 380 |
| 3 | Concluding Remarks | 394 |
| | Bibliography | 397 |
| | Index | 439 |
