Impartiality and Bias at the International Court of Justice

Constraints on the judicial role"On the consciences of the judges depends the justice of the Court's decisions." 1n an effort to explain impartiality and bias within the Court, studies using a variety of different approaches from virtually every area of the social sciences-psychology, sociology, and political theory amongst them-have attempted to discern the extent of the judges' bias. 2 All of these studies rest