Aspects of legitimacy of decisions of international courts and tribunals

Resumen

The article analyzes some aspects of legitimacy of decisions of international courts and tribunals. It starts the analysis from a series of questions touching upon the potential aspects of legitimacy. The author firstly put international judicial decisions to the test of Thomas Franck’s indicators of legitimacy. Then, he focuses on some examples of practices aimed at “legitimizing” or “de-legitimizing” international decisions within the Goldstone meaning of legitimacy.