Ordering Institutions: The Judicial Function of the Permanent Court of International Justice in Relation to Interwar Organizations

Abstract The Permanent Court played a vital role in the emergence of law international organizations. Existing accounts this development focus on Court’s conception This paper argues that interpretation underappreciates controversy regarding performance judicial function and its place within inter-war institutional order. Crucially, it is claimed initially adopted perspective an authoritative interpreter, limiting scope for recognising autonomy However, began to adopt more restrained recognised organizations possessed form compétence de la compétence. recognition paved way ‘law organizations’ emerge, but, crucially, was not based any revised understanding what meant ‘be’ organization, but rather, court.