To celebrate professor and center director at i Courts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts - Mikael Rask Madsen on the occasion of ten years as research leader and 50 years birthday, a group of his international esteemed Colleges has contributed to The Making of i Courts. The contributions consist of both a research article and "My i Courts experience" - a personal story about each single researchers meeting with i Courts as an international research hub in Copenhagen. The articles in the book represents different aspects of legal studies in International Courts and International Law and reflects the interdisciplinary and empirical research agenda of the center.