Author: United Nations. International Law Commission
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Published: 1956
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United Nations. International Law Commission
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780521013895
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Author: Alan Boyle
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2007-02-22
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0191021768
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a study of the principal negotiating processes and law-making tools through which contemporary international law is made. It does not seek to give an account of the traditional - and untraditional - sources and theories of international law, but rather to identify the processes, participants and instruments employed in the making of international law. It accordingly examines some of the mechanisms and procedures whereby new rules of law are created or old rules are amended or abrogated. It concentrates on the UN, other international organisations, diplomatic conferences, codification bodies, NGOs, and courts. Every society perceives the need to differentiate between its legal norms and other norms controlling social, economic and political behaviour. But unlike domestic legal systems where this distinction is typically determined by constitutional provisions, the decentralised nature of the international legal system makes this a complex and contested issue. Moreover, contemporary international law is often the product of a subtle and evolving interplay of law-making instruments, both binding and non-binding, and of customary law and general principles. Only in this broader context can the significance of so-called 'soft law' and multilateral treaties be fully appreciated. An important question posed by any examination of international law-making structures is the extent to which we can or should make judgments about their legitimacy and coherence, and if so in what terms. Put simply, a law-making process perceived to be illegitimate or incoherent is more likely to be an ineffective process. From this perspective, the assumption of law-making power by the UN Security Council offers unique advantages of speed and universality, but it also poses a particular challenge to the development of a more open and participatory process observable in other international law-making bodies.
Author: Serena Forlati
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-05-18
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9004428674
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment and its Contribution to the Development of International Law deconstructs one of the most influential ICJ Judgments and analyses its contributions to the law of treaties, the law of international responsibility, and the law of sustainable development in light of 20 years of subsequent developments in the international legal order.
Author: United Nations. International Law Commission
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 536
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United Nations
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Published: 2005-08-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789211335989
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Yearbook of the International Law Commission is comprised of two volumes. This volume, Volume II, contains summary records of the International Law Commission sessions on such subjects as: state responsibility, draft code of crimes against the peace and security of mankind, international liability for injurous consequences arising of acts not prohibited by international law, the law and practice relating to reservations to treaties, state succession and its impact on the nationality of natural and legal persons.
Author: United Nations Publications
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Published: 2019-06-18
Total Pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9211338425
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The International Law Commission was established in 1947 with a view to carrying out the responsibility of the General Assembly, under article 13(1)(a) of the Charter of the United Nations, to "initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of ... encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification." Since its first session in 1949, the Commission has considered a wide-range of topics of international law and made a number of proposals for its codification and progressive development, some of which have served as the basis for the subsequent adoption of major multilateral treaties. The Yearbook of the International Law Commission contains the official records of the Commission and is an indispensable tool for the preservation of the legislative history of the documents emanating from the Commission, as well as for the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of the efforts undertaken by the Commission in the progressive development of international law and its codification. Volume I reproduces the summary records of the Commission's annual sessions.