Article 91

The Interplanetary Supreme Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial instrument of the United Federation of Planets. It shall function in accordance with the appended statute, which is based upon the statute of the tribunals of Alpha III, and forms an integral part of these Articles of Federation.

Article 92

1. All members of the United Federation of Planets are ipso facto parties to the statute of the Interplanetary Supreme Court of Justice;

2. A social system which is not a member of the United Federation of Planets may become a party to the statute of the Interplanetary Supreme Court of Justice on conditions to be determined in each case by the Supreme Assembly upon the recommendation of the Federation Council.

Article 93

1. Each member of the United Federation of Planets undertakes to comply with the decision of the Interplanetary Supreme Court of Justice in any case to which it is a party;

2. If any party to a case fails to perform the obligations incumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the court, the other party may have recourse to the Federation Council, which may, if it deems necessary, make recommendations or decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.

Article 94

Nothing in these Articles of Federation shall prevent members of the United Federation of Planets from entrusting the solution of their differences to other tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence or which may be concluded in the future.

Article 95

1. The Supreme Assembly or the Federation Council may request the Interplanetary Supreme Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question;

2. Other bodies of the United Federation of Planets and the specialized agencies, which may at any time be so authorized by the Supreme Assembly, may also request advisory opinions of the court on legal questions arising within the scope of their activities.