Pojęcie „wspólnota międzynarodowa” w retoryce Międzynarodowego Trybunału Sprawiedliwości

The subject of this article is the analysis of the chosen judgments of the International Court of Justice due to observe, how the Court uses this term. The Court’s statement in the given scope makes an important part of international debate as to the analyzed concept. At the first glance the Court uses interchangeably the two terms: international society and international community, that are indeed synonymic. However the closer analysis shows, that the Court not only prefer the term “community”, but also connects with it a lot of important factors, like members of this community, it’s values and ideals. The review of some of the Court’s judgments illustrates the spectrum of legal problems that might be connected with the concept of “international community” and the consequences of the uncertainty of this term.