Critical Review of International Jurisprudence

• Zammit Borda, Aldo

Abstract

<it>This article offers an interpretation of Article 38(1)(d) of the ICJ Statute based on the formal pronouncements of international criminal courts and tribunals, distilled from their judgments. It considers that the qualification ‘subsidiary’ is meant neither to distinguish the means from the primary sources nor to denote ‘of lesser importance’. It further examines the verification process envisaged in ‘the determination of rules of law’, as well as the more direct impact of judicial decisions</it> vis-à-vis <it>the teachings of publicists.</it>