Chittharanjan Felix Amerasinghe was formerly Judge at the UN Tribunal, New York, and of the Commonwealth Secretariat Tribunal in London. He was also Professor and Honorary Professor of Law, University of Ceylon, Colombo. He was also Director of the Secretariat and Registrar at the World Bank Tribunal in Washington.

• Preface; Table of cases; Part I. Prolegomena: 1. Introduction; 2. The evolution of the law relating to local remedies; 3. Basis of the rule; 4. The rule, denial of justice and violation of international law; 5. Contracts, violation of international law, denial of justice and the rule; Part II. Application of the Rule: 6. Incidence of the rule; 7. The scope of the rule; 8. Limitations of the rule; 9. The rule as applied to the use of procedural resources; 10. Waiver of the rule and estoppel; 11. Burden of proof; 12. Procedural matters connected with the rule; Part III. Peripheral and Analogous Applications of the Rule: 13. The rule and human rights protection; 14. The rule and international organizations; Part IV. Nature of the Rule: 15. Nature of the rule; Part V. Epilogue: 16. A concluding appraisal.