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This book provides an examination of the jurisprudence of a range of international courts and tribunals relating to issues of procedure and remedies. It also offers an assessment of whether there are emerging commonalities regarding these issues which could make up a unified law of international adjudication.

The principles according to which an international tribunal with a limited jurisdiction may apply law other than the law specific to its jurisdiction when resolving a dispute are heavily debated in international law. This book is the first to examine this issue. It analyses the relevant case law and develops rules to solve applicable law disputes.

The proliferation of international courts and tribunals has given rise to concerns of jurisdictional overlaps between new and existing judicial bodies. The book examines what would happen when the same dispute falls under the jurisdiction of more than one forum.

Seeks to investigate problems relating to the increased interaction between national and international courts, which have resulted in the litigation of the same legal issues before national and international judicial bodies: What is the proper order of the proceedings? Should national and international proceedings take place concurrently?