The Enforcement of International Judgments

“There’s th’ internaytional coort, ye say, but I say where ar-re th’ polis? A coort’s all r-right enough, but no coort’s anny good onless it is backed up by a continted constabulary.” per Mr. Dooley, An International Police Force (1899). The world community is not on the brink of Armageddon because...

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Published in:The American journal of international law 1969-01, Vol.63 (1), p.1-27
Main Author: Reisman, W. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Economic sanctions
International agreements
International cooperation
International Court of Justice
International disputes
International law
International organizations
Judgement
Jurisdiction
Sanctions (international law)
Statutory law
Treaties
Tribunals
United Nations
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Summary:“There’s th’ internaytional coort, ye say, but I say where ar-re th’ polis? A coort’s all r-right enough, but no coort’s anny good onless it is backed up by a continted constabulary.” per Mr. Dooley, An International Police Force (1899). The world community is not on the brink of Armageddon because of a paucity of legal answers. Legal institutions exist. Moreover, any problem, without respect to the identity of the decision-maker, may be solved “legally”: by impartial assessment of the facts and formulation of a decision by reference to the parties’ commitments as well as to overriding community policies. Most frequently the real problem is not in arriving at an answer in law, but in enforcing an answer in law. In the final analysis, law is not only, as the Legal Eealists contend, what the courts say 2 but also what the sheriff does. Law comprises not only the verbal pronouncements of authoritative organs, but also the established patterns of behavior of the individuals composing society.
ISSN:0002-9300
2161-7953
DOI:10.2307/2197189