. International courts and tribunals in the modern world: role, tendencies of development, topical problems.

Abstract: The modern world witnesses a true outburst of activities of international courts and tribunals. There is an enormous growth of the number of international judicial bodies, and a number of cases, which are handled by them is also constantly growing. One should also mark higher intensity of judicial process. What meaning does this tendency hold for the international law and international community as a whole? What are the perspective and potential problems related to the work of international courts and tribunals?