2023
DOI: 10.1017/s0922156523000286
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A coherence framework for fact-finding before the International Court of Justice

Abstract: It is the task of the International Court of Justice to establish the operative facts from which to draw normative conclusions in all contentious cases that come before it. This task, however, is complicated where those facts necessitate engagement with specialized epistemic fields other than law such as science. Drawing on legal theory and epistemology I propose a coherence framework for the establishment of the facts in such cases. In essence, this means that the Court need not show that its factual determin… Show more

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“…5 Rather, the wish is to open-up the frame of research itself on what questions are considered possible to ask in research on international law, as well as what answers can be cultivated in response. 6…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…5 Rather, the wish is to open-up the frame of research itself on what questions are considered possible to ask in research on international law, as well as what answers can be cultivated in response. 6…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%