The contemporary Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) is in a paradoxical situation: On all levels of Church life, new practices and concepts are considered to belong to Orthodox tradition, yet at the same time Orthodoxy is regarded as the most "e;unchangeable"e; and normative of the Christian confessions.
This book provides a full overview of the judicial activity of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) during the five-year period 1997 - 2001, following the format of a previous volume describing the decisions from 1987 - 1996.