By Sondre Torp Helmersen (author) Introduction The Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Article 38(1)(d) says that the Court ‘shall apply … the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists’. In my book ‘The Application of Teachings by the International Court of Justice’ I examine how how the Court approaches such ‘teachings’ in practice. The book combines different methodologies: A legal analysis, an empirical examination of the Court’s and the judges’ opinions, interviews with judges and staff, and a normative assessment of how the Court should apply teachings. The general role of teachings An overall pattern in the…