Legal consequences of peremptory norms in international law / Daniel Costelloe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costelloe, Daniel, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 132.

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; 132

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jus cogens (International law).

International law--Sources.

International law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlviii, 322 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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PDF

Summary:

When is a norm peremptory? This is a question that has troubled legal scholars throughout the development of modern international law. In this work, Daniel Costelloe suggests - through an examination of State practice and international materials - that it is the legal consequences of a norm which distinguish it as peremptory. This book sheds new light on the legal consequences that peremptory norms have, for instance, in the law of treaties, international responsibility and state immunity. Unlike their substance or identification, the consequences of peremptory norms have remained under-studied. This book is the first specifically on this topic and is essential reading for all scholars and practitioners of public international law.

Contents:

Peremptory norms and their legal consequences as a feature of general international law

Legal consequences for treaties

Peremptory norms outside the Vienna Convention : treaties of questionable validity by reason of their content

Legal consequences for Security Council resolutions

Legal consequences for certain unilateral acts

Legal consequences in the law of international responsibility

Legal consequences for state immunity

General conclusions.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781316535110

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