Duncan French is Head of the School of Law at the University of Lincoln.Matthew Saul is a Lecturer in Law at Durham Law School, University of Durham.Nigel D White is Professor of Public International Law at the School of Law, University of Nottingham.

• Part 1 The Changing Face of International Adjudication1. Private Disputes and the Public Interest in International Law Vaughan Lowe2. The International Court of Justice and Environmental Disputes Malgosia Fitzmaurice3. Complaint and Grievance Mechanisms in International Dispute Settlement Duncan French and Richard Kirkham4. Stuck in the Middle With You?: Alternative Approaches to Realising Accountability for Human Rights Violations by Business Sorcha MacleodPart 2 Problems and Techniques in Substantive Areas of International Law 5. Practice and Procedure of Dispute Settlement in Individual Communication Cases within the Human Rights Committee and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Congruence or Conflict? Sandy Ghandhi6. Trends in Dispute Settlement in the Law of the Sea: Towards the Increasing Availability of Compulsory Means Robin Churchill7. The WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism as a New Technique for Settling Disputes in International Law Surya P Subedi8. Legal Means of Dispute Settlement in the Field of Collective Security: The Quasi-Judicial Powers of the Security Council Nigel D White and Matthew Saul9. Non-compliance Procedures and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms under International Environmental Agreements Karen N Scott10. The Antarctic Treaty after 50 Years James Crawford11. Cross-border Family Mediation Kisch BeeversPart 3 The Regional Dimension 12. Aspects of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights Gino J Naldi13. The EU, the ECHR and the Effective Protection of Human Rights for Individuals Tawhida Ahmed14. The European Court of Justice as a Constitutional Court: Implications for the EU and International Legal Orders Paul James Cardwell

Through an exceptional collection of contributions covering a wide range of the currently available dispute settlement mechanisms, a fitting honour is given to one of the most influential scholars in the field: