In international law and relations, ownership of territory is significant because sovereignty over land defines what constitutes a state. Additionally, as Machiavelli suggested, territorial acquisition is one of the goals of most states. The benefits of having territory, though, are only as great as a state’s borders are clear, because a state’s boundaries must be well defined for the modern st...

Abstract This article analyses the ICJ, one of most eminent actors international legal regime, as an actor tax regime. So far, ICJ’s role in dispute resolution has been a blind spot literature. The descriptive part this first discusses case law PCIJ and ICJ that considers – albeit incidentally questions taxation. These tax-related cases are categorized (i) ‘wrongful taxation’ constituting subje...

Abstract Objectives To determine the most preferable endoluminal contrast agent among mannitol, polyethylene glycol (PEG), iohexol, and water by comparing various qualitative (distension, fold visibility, homogeneity) quantitative parameters (distension) along with artifacts patient feedback for computed tomography enterography (CTE). Methods This was a prospective study including 120 patients ...

The notion of a more “victim-centred” approach to peacebuilding and Transitional Justice (TJ), is increasingly emphasised in academic, legal policy discourse. Unfortunately, this element mostly lacking within the context Uganda’s post war recovery transition. This article attempts strike balance between retributive justice reconciliation. Considering challenges achieving through courts, includi...

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Abstract Article 38, paragraph 1(b), of the Statute International Court Justice (ICJ) is universally considered to be an authentic definition custom as a principal source international law, not least by Law Commission (ILC) in its recently completed work on identification customary law. At same time, though, formula has constantly met with severe strictures concerning very formulation. Given te...