Manual of International Dispute Resolution

An overview of international dispute settlement and resolution, especially in the fields of trade and commerce, investment, and intellectual property, the author looks at five key supranational disputes; supranational dispute resolution bodies; international commercial dispute resolution; institutions concerned with dispute resolution in international trade and commerce; and online dispute resolution.Connerty, an English barrister with particular expertise in the field of international arbitration, introduces each topic, illustrating it by decisions of the International Court of Justice, Permanent Court of Arbitration, International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, and decisions of national courts. He also gives suggestions for sources for more detailed study in each topic area.The book will be of interest to all those who need to understand international dispute settlement processes and institutions, including lawyers involved in any aspect of international dispute settlement and resolution, senior government law officers concerned to understand dispute resolution options and institutions, and students of political science and international relations with an interest in international dispute resolution.