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What is the difference between political and legal means of dispute settlement?

Articles 59-60 of the ICJ Statute make judgments binding and final, whereas proposals from diplomatic methods ordinarily bind only once accepted by the parties. Thus "The…

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What is the difference between political and legal means of dispute settlement?

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Articles 59-60 of the ICJ Statute make judgments binding and final, whereas proposals from diplomatic methods ordinarily bind only once accepted by the parties. Thus "The outcome arising from legal methods, ie arbitration or adjudication by the ICJ, is final and binding upon the parties, whereas this is not the case with diplomatic methods".

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