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C. Additionally, there are in the District of Columbia Court System (a) a Juvenile Court and (b) a Drug Court, each of which is under the general jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (�Superior Court of the District of Columbia� 1; Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 1; National Association of Drug Court Professionals 1).

Decisions rendered by the Juvenile Court and the Drug Court in the District of Columbia may be appealed to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Decisions rendered by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia may be appealed to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (1), which is a completely different court from the Federal Appeals Court, District of Columbia. Decisions rendered by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals may be appealed to the Federal Appeals Court, District of Columbia.

The World Court (International Court of Justice)

The International Court of Justice is the legal arm of the United Nations, although the Court was established as a part of the League of Nations prior to the creation of the United Nations. The authority of the World Court as an arm of the United Nations derives from the Statute of the International Court of Justice (Articles 1-70) enacted by the United Nations General Assembly, which created the present World Court as the successor to the earlier Court.

The International Court of Justice consists of 15

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judges elected for a term of nine years by the Security Council and General Assembly of the United Nations. Every three years one third of the members of the World Court are reelected. The World Court has an obligation to decide disputes freely submitted to the Court by States that are parties to the dispute in question (Shabtai 24).

District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Washington, D.C.: District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 2002. Retrieved from the Internet 2003-04-13 at: http://www.dcca.state.dc.us/

International Court of Justice. The Court at a Glance. The Hague, Netherlands: International Court of Justice, 2001. Retrieved from the Internet 2003-04-13 at: http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/igeneralinformation/icjgnnot.html

International Court of Justice. Report of the International Court of Justice, 1 August 2001 � 31 July 2002. The Hague, Netherlands: International Court of Justice, 2002.

Shabtai, R. The World Court � What It Is and How It Works. Dordecht, Netherlands: Kluwer, 1995.

Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Washington, D.C.: Superior Court of District of Columbia, 2002. Retrieved from the Internet 2003-04-13 at: http://www.dcsc.gov/

Individual States may opt not to submit to the jurisdiction of the World Court in matters that they declare are political in nature. The United States declares all internal issues political; thereby excludin

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