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The International Law Commission 1999-2009 Volume 4

The International Law Commission 1999-2009 Volume 4 Treaties, Final Draft Articles and Other Materials

Author: Arnold Pronto; Michael Wood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199578979
Published In: December 2010
Format: Hardback
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Comprehensive and well-structured compilation of the work of the International Law Commission, the pivotal body charged with codifying international law, from 1999 to 2009
Provides analytical introductions, overviews of the negotiating history, and bibliographies for every document
Completes the work started by Sir Arthur Watts in his three-volume series on the ILC published in 1999 and 2000
This book continues the three-volume series edited by Sir Arthur Watts and published in 1999 and 2000. It contains the final product of the International Law Commission (ILC)'s work over the decade 1999-2009. The ILC's work is frequently cited by international and national courts, by governments, practitioners, and academic authors.

The present volume includes the full text - and commentaries where applicable - of ILC texts adopted during the period under review, on such important topics as State responsibility, diplomatic protection, nationality in relation to the succession of States, unilateral acts of States, the fragmentation of international law, as well as several topics relevant to international environmental law, including prevention of transboundary harm from hazardous activities, international liability in case of loss from transboundary harm arising out of hazardous activities, and the law of transboundary aquifers. It further updates the existing series with the inclusion of a chapter on the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and their Property.

Each text is accompanied by an authoritative introduction, a note on the preparatory work, and a carefully selected bibliography.

Readership: Scholars and post-graduate students of international law; government legal advisers; practitioners working in international law.

Introduction: The International Law Commission 1999-2009
Part I: The Treaties
1: State immunity
Part II: Final draft Articles and Principles on other topics
2: Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States
3: State responsibility
4: Prevention of transboundary harm from hazardous activities
5: Allocation of loss in the case of transboundary harm arising out of hazardous activities
6: Diplomatic protection
7: Unilateral acts of States
8: Law of transboundary aquifers
Part III: Reports other than final draft Articles
9: Fragmentation of international law: difficulties arising from the diversification and expansion of international law

Arnold Pronto, Senior Legal Officer, Secretariat of the International Law Commission, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, and Sir Michael Wood, KCMG, QC, Member of the International Law Commission; Barrister at 20 Essex Street