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Comity And International Courts And Tribunals, Thomas Schultz, Niccolo Ridi
Comity And International Courts And Tribunals, Thomas Schultz, Niccolo Ridi
Cornell International Law Journal
This study seeks to clarify the importance, current and potential, of the use of comity by international courts and tribunals. Our findings support the idea that comity might be an emerging principle of procedural law, though agreement on its exact meaning— or unequivocal choices among its many connotations— still tends to be uncommon. We submit that, as long as other solutions are not in place, the principle can be successfully employed to assist international courts and tribunals in mediating jurisdictional conflicts between themselves by balancing coordination efforts and the demands of justice in the individual cases.
Comity may serve as …