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international courts  

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  • International courts are standing tribunals entrusted with judicial functions over international disputes (that is, disputes governed by international norms, typically involving states as disputing parties). Jurists characterized these courts by a few common attributes, in that they have (1) an independent body of judges; (2) authority to render binding decisions; (3) processes governed by law; (4) a constitutive instrument valid under international law; and (5) a framework independent of any particular dispute. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; International Courts]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-R72CMS1J-C

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