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Manley Ottmer Hudson has written: 'Progress in international organization' -- subject(s): International organization, International relations, International cooperation, Arbitration, International, International law, Foreign relations, International Arbitration 'The work of the Permanent Court of International Justice during four years' -- subject(s): Permanent Court of International Justice 'The World court, 1922-1928' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Permanent Court of International Justice 'The United States and the International Court' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Permanent Court of International Justice 'The International settlement in Shanghai' -- subject(s): Shanghai, Shanghai International Mixed Court, Shanghai. Provisional Court 'Les avis consultatifs de la Cour permanente de justice internationale' -- subject(s): Permanent Court of International Justice 'The Chaco arms embargo' -- subject(s): International relations, Foreign relations 'The eighth year of the Permanent court of international justice' -- subject(s): Permanent Court of International Justice 'The post-war development of international law and some contributions by the United States of America' -- subject(s): Neutrality, International law and relations, Foreign relations 'The Permanent Court of International Justice, 1920-1942' -- subject(s): Hague, Hague. Permanent Court of International Justice 'The work of the Permanent court of international justice during its first three years' -- subject(s): Permanent Court of International Justice 'The World court, 1921-1934' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Permanent Court of International Justice 'The World Court, 1922-1929' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Permanent Court of International Justice 'The World court, 1921-1931' -- subject(s): Foreign relations, Permanent Court of International Justice 'International engagements and their interpretation by the Permanent Court of International Justice' -- subject(s): Permanent Court of International Justice
Yes. It is the highest court of international governments and is an organ of the United Nations. Added: If the questioner means "first" in terms of date, the answer is that the ICJ was preceded by the Permanent Court of International Justice, established in connection with the creation of the League of Nations in 1920.
The first (and so far only) US President to have also served as a Justice of the Supreme Court was William Howard Taft, who was appointed Chief Justice by Warren Harding.
None. William Howard Taft served both as President and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, but he was President first, from 1909-1913. President Warren G. Harding later nominated Taft as Chief Justice of the United States (Supreme Court), where he served from 1921-1930.Charles Evans Hughes resigned from the Supreme Court to run for President in 1916, but he was not Chief Justice and he was not elected President. He later returned to the supreme court as the Chief Justice.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, was a Pakistani diplomat, President of the International Court of Justice, Pakistan's first foreign minister, renowned international jurist and a member as well as scholar of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
As of 20 September 2009, the International Court of Justice is composed of the following members:PresidentHisashi Owada (Japan)Vice-PresidentPeter Tomka (Slovakia)JudgesShi Jiuyong (China)Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone)Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh (Jordan)Thomas Buergenthal (United States of America)Bruno Simma (Germany)Ronny Abraham (France)Kenneth Keith (New Zealand)Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor (Mexico)Mohamed Bennouna (Morocco)Leonid Skotnikov (Russian Federation)Antônio A. Cançado Trindade (Brazil)Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf (Somalia)Christopher Greenwood (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
The chief justice of the Supreme Court, just like the first time. President Obama was sworn in both times by Chief Justice John Roberts.
No. Justice Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American on the US Supreme Court. Justice Clarence Thomas is the second African-American US Supreme Court justice. President George HW Bush nominated him in 1991 to replace Thurgood Marshall, who was retiring. Justice Thomas is an incumbent on the bench.
President Reagan nominated the first woman, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, to the US Supreme Court in 1981. Justice O'Connor retired in January 2006.
Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice in the United States. She was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981.