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The Permanent Court of International Justice, sometimes called the World Court
World Court

World Court can refer to:*the Permanent Court of International Justice , a historical court*the International Court of Justice , a UN court that settles disputes between nations...
, was the international court of the League of Nations
League of Nations

The League of Nations was an inter-governmental organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?1920. At its greatest extent from 28 September 1934 to 23 February 1935, it had 58 members....
, established in 1922. Between 1922 and 1940 the Court dealt with 38 contentious cases between States and delivered 27 advisory opinion
Advisory opinion

An advisory opinion is an opinion issued by a court that does not have the effect of resolving a specific legal case, but merely advises on the constitutionality or interpretation of a law....
s. It was replaced in 1946 by the International Court of Justice
International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands....
 when the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 was organized.

The court was located in the Peace Palace
Peace Palace

The Peace Palace , situated in The Hague, Netherlands, is often called the seat of international law because it houses the International Court of Justice , the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the extensive Peace Palace Library....
 in the Hague
The Hague

The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
. Its activity was halted by the German occupation of the Netherlands of 1940, although the court was officially disbanded only in 1946.








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The Permanent Court of International Justice, sometimes called the World Court
World Court

World Court can refer to:*the Permanent Court of International Justice , a historical court*the International Court of Justice , a UN court that settles disputes between nations...
, was the international court of the League of Nations
League of Nations

The League of Nations was an inter-governmental organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919?1920. At its greatest extent from 28 September 1934 to 23 February 1935, it had 58 members....
, established in 1922. Between 1922 and 1940 the Court dealt with 38 contentious cases between States and delivered 27 advisory opinion
Advisory opinion

An advisory opinion is an opinion issued by a court that does not have the effect of resolving a specific legal case, but merely advises on the constitutionality or interpretation of a law....
s. It was replaced in 1946 by the International Court of Justice
International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands....
 when the United Nations
United Nations

The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, Social change, human rights and achieving world peace....
 was organized.

The court was located in the Peace Palace
Peace Palace

The Peace Palace , situated in The Hague, Netherlands, is often called the seat of international law because it houses the International Court of Justice , the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague Academy of International Law, and the extensive Peace Palace Library....
 in the Hague
The Hague

The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
. Its activity was halted by the German occupation of the Netherlands of 1940, although the court was officially disbanded only in 1946.

Presidents of the Permanent Court of International Justice (1921-46)

  • Bernard Loder (Netherlands
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
    ) 1921–1924
  • Max Huber
    Max Huber

    Max Huber was an influential swiss people twentieth century graphic designer.Max Huber was born in Baar in 1919. He graduates from Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich under Hans Williman....
     (Switzerland
    Switzerland

    Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
    ) 1925–1927
  • Dionisio Anzilotti
    Dionisio Anzilotti

    Dionisio Anzilotti was an Italians jurist and judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice.After law studies in Pisa, Anzilotti taught international law in Florence, Palermo, Bologna and Rome from 1892 to 1937....
     (Italy
    Italy

    Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
    ) 1928–1930
  • Mineichiro Adachi (Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
    ) 1931–1934
  • Sir
    Sir

    Sir is an honorific used as a title and in several other modern contexts.It was once used as a courtesy title among equals, but in common usage it is now usually reserved for one of superior Command hierarchy or Social status, such as an educator or commanding officer, or in age ; as a form of address from a merchant to a customer; in for...
     Cecil Hurst (UK
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    ) 1934–1936
  • José Gustavo Guerrero
    José Gustavo Guerrero

    Jos? Gustavo Guerrero , was a El Salvador diplomat and jurist. He served as the last president of the Permanent Court of International Justice from 1937 to 1945; he was also the first president of the International Court of Justice from 1946 to 1949, and remained on the Court as a regular judge until his death in 1958....
     (El Salvador
    El Salvador

    El Salvador is the smallest country in the Americas and Central America by size, and the most densely populated nation in Central America. It borders on the Pacific Ocean between Guatemala and Honduras....
    ) 1936–1949


See also

Permanent Court of International Justice cases

External links

  • information on the history, jurisdiction, structure of the PCIJ, including conventions, case law, statistics and much more.
  • ruled upon by the PCIJ