<P> The International Court of Justice has jurisdiction in two types of cases : contentious cases between states in which the court produces binding rulings between states that agree , or have previously agreed , to submit to the ruling of the court ; and advisory opinions , which provide reasoned , but non-binding , rulings on properly submitted questions of international law , usually at the request of the United Nations General Assembly . Advisory opinions do not have to concern particular controversies between states , though they often do . </P>
when does the international court of justice have jurisdiction
contentious cases between states in which the court produces binding rulings between states that agree , or have previously agreed , to submit to the ruling of the court advisory opinions , which provide reasoned , but non-binding , rulings on properly submitted questions of international law , usually at the request of the United Nations General Assembly