ICJ Climate Case: State Written Submissions on Strategic Legal Engagement

Somin Park's dataset analyzes state strategic engagement in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice, focusing on climate change. It contains a novel collection of written submissions from states to the ICJ, providing empirical evidence on how national interests shape participation in international legal processes. The data was last updated on May 11, 2026, and is hosted by the International Studies Quarterly Dataverse.

Use Cases

• Analyzing state motivations for participating in non-binding legal processes based on the description of strategic considerations.
• Studying how material and geopolitical interests shape legal arguments in international courts based on the described competing visions of obligations.
• Examining the role of advisory opinions in global governance based on the focus on the ICJ as an arena for normative contestation.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, high-profile international legal case (the ICJ climate change advisory proceedings).
• Provides empirical evidence on state strategic behavior, as stated in the description.
• Last updated on 2026-05-11 19:16:25, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset's scope is limited to written submissions from a single case, which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

International Studies Quarterly Dataverse

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official ICJ documents and written submissions.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 19:16:25.

Geography

Global (states participating in ICJ proceedings)