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Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens): Disquisitions and Disputations

Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens): Disquisitions and Disputations

Author: Dire Tladi
Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
ISBN: 9789004464117
Published In: August 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
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Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens): Disquisitions and Dispositions brings together an impressive collection of authors addressing both conceptual issues and challenges relating to peremptory norms of general international. Covered themes in the edited collection include concepts relating to the identification of peremptory norms, consequences of peremptory norms, critiques of peremptory norms, the relationship between peremptory norms and particular areas of international law as well as the peremptory status of particular norms of international law. The contributions are presented from an array of scholars and experts with different perspective, thus providing an interesting mosaic of thoughts on peremptory norms. Written against the backdrop of the ongoing work of the International Law Commission, it exposes some tensions inherent in the jus cogens.

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Notes on Editor and Contributors

1. Disquisitions and Disputations

Dire Tladi

PART 1. Conceptual Issues

2. Peremptory Norms as a Legal Technique Rather than Substantive Super Norms

Robert Kolb

3. Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens ) and the Fundamental Values of the International Community

Patricia Galv a o Teles

4. Jus Cogens and the International Community "of States" as a Whole

Jean Allain

5. Modification of Peremptory Norms of General International Law

Mehrdad Payandeh

6. Peremptory Norms and Interpretation in International Law

S a Benjamin Traore

7. Aspects of the Invalidity of Treaties on Account of Conflict with Jus Cogens

Gentian Zyberi

8. Jus Cogens ' Preferred Sister: Obligations Erga Omnes and the International Court of Justice - Fifty Years after the Barcelona Traction Case

Martha M. Bradley

9. Legal Consequences of Serious Breaches of Peremptory Norms in the Law of State Responsibility: Observations in the Light of the Recent Work of the International Law Commission Helmut

Philipp Aust

PART 2. Institutions and Peremptory Norms

10. African State Practice and the Formation of Some Peremptory Norms of General International Law

Tiyanjana Maluwa

11. Is There Any Regional Jus Cogens in Europe? The Case of the European Convention on Human Rights

Pavel Sturma

12. The Treatment of Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens ) in the Inter-American Human Rights System

Juan Jos e Ruda Santolaria

13. Jus Cogens and (In)application of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice

Catherine Maia

14. The Unilateral Invocation of Jus Cogens Norms

Michael Wood