Title: Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law

URL: http://www.virtual-institute.de/eindex.cfm

Date Checked: 9/29/98      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 5/21/98

Topics: International Law

Other keywords: Max Planck Institute; World Court Digest; International Court of Justice; Public International Law; Comparative Law

Contents: Known for its Encyclopedia of Public International Law and its Public International Law bibliography, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law of Heidelberg, Germany has made available on its website the full-text of its World Court Digest (http://www.virtual-institute.de/en/wcd/wcd_home.cfm). The Digest, previously published in two volumes by Springer-Verlag, is a continuation of the Institute's former publication Fontes Iuris Gentium: Digest of the Decisions of the International Court of Justice. Written in English, meticulously organized by subject and searchable, the Digest entries are excerpts from International Court of Justice judgments, advisory opinions and orders since 1986. The Digest also provides summaries of the decisions and lists of both regularly sitting judges and ad hoc judges during this period. Other valuable resources on this site are the Institute's catalog, collection of links, and description of the work of the Institute and its staff. In German and English.

Author of Annotation: Charlotte Bynum