National Affairs: What Is This Court?

While politicians are arguing, objecting, protesting and shaking in their boots because the World Court will or will not be a political issue, what is this world court ? Who made it? Who controls it? What power has it? What is it for? Its right name is the Permanent Court of International Justice. It was not created by the League of Nations Covenant, but its structure was projected thus: "The Council (of the League) shall formulate and submit to the members of the League for adoption plans for the establishment of a Permanent Court...

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