International Law

Jus Cogens

By Dinah Shelton
Oxford University Press May 2021

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ISBN-13
9780198865964
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
May 2021
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The doctrine of peremptory norms (jus cogens) is a set of core obligations in international law. In this volume in the Elements of International Law series, Dinah Shelton explores its origins and history, its revival in the twentieth century, and its place in international and domestic jurisprudence.

Providing a fresh, objective, and non-argumentative approach to the discipline of international law, the Elements series is an accessible go-to source for practicing international lawyers, judges and arbitrators, government and military officers, scholars, teachers, and students. Beginning with the writings of Grotius, Vattel, and Suarez, Shelton shows how the theory of jus cogens drew upon Roman law for its foundations. In the subsequent chapter, she considers the emergence of positivism and its rejection of any non-consensual basis for binding States to international norms. She then turns to the re-emergence of jus cogens in theories of the twentieth century and its place in the modern law of treaties.

The volume includes extensive analysis of the interpretation of jus cogens obligations by international courts and tribunals, as well as by various domestic courts, including those of Italy, Greece, Canada, the US, and the UK. The volume concludes with a consideration of the place of jus cogens in modern scholarship.

Table of Contents

1: Introduction
2: The Origins and Sources of Jus Cogens
3: The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties
4: Recent work of the International Law Commission
5: State Practice
6: Jus Cogens in Modern Legal Scholarship
7: Functions of Jus Cogens
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