This remarkable text is the outcome of several years of arduous work carried out by the originator.Mr. Shany undertakes a major task in this volume: to review the scope of the overlaps produced due to the increasing proliferation of Courts and Tribunals throughout the international system, focusing on those areas where interaction is most likely to occur.The book contains an exhaustive analysis of this phenomenon quoting abundant casuistical data.At the same time, it applies a pedagogic approach to the subject allowing a clear understanding of the topic dealt with by the author.As the author states in the Introduction, every domestic system of law is designed to accomplish two basic needs: the regulation of human conduct and the peaceful settlement of disputes.The same needs are present in the international sphere.Thus, the twentieth century brought an explosive rise on international legis-
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes