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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Studies in international law (Oxford, England) ; v. 54
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Studies in international law (Oxford, England) ; v. 54.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Summary of Contents; Detailed Table of Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Cases; Table of Dissenting Opinions, Separate Opinions and Declarations; Table of Miscellaneous Documents; Introduction; I. The Reasons for this Work; II. The Course of this Work; III. Terminology; 1. The Structure of Obligations Under the Optional Clause; I. An Obligation Pre Seisin?; A. The 'Obligation' in Article 36(2) of the Statute; B. The Genesis of the 'Obligation' in Article 36(2) of the Statute. |
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C. The 'Obligation' in the Context with Other Sources of Jurisdictioni. The Sources of Jurisdiction Provided for by Article 36(1) of the Statute; ii. Agreements Pre Seisin and the Forum Prorogatum; iii. Comparison of the Optional Clause to Ad Hoc Jurisdiction; iv. Result; D. State Practice and the Jurisprudence of the Two Courts; E. Result; II. An Obligation Towards Other States?; A. Article 36 of the Statute; i. Article 36(2) of the Statute: 'In Relation to Any Other State Accepting the Same Obligation'; ii. The Genesis of the Optional Clause: A Right for Smaller States. |
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Iii. In Light of Article 36(1) of the Statute: Treaties Establishing Reciprocal Rights and ObligationsB. State Practice: The Optional Clause as a Source for the Right to File an Application; C. Jurisprudence: 'Rights and Obligations Deriving from Article 36'; D. Comparison to Other Optional Clauses; i. Article 45 and Article 62 ACHR; ii. Articles 25 and 46 ECHR (old); iii. Article 41 CCPR; iv. Result; E. Conclusion; 2. The Nature of the Optional Clause; I. Unilateral Declarations, Bilateral and Multilateral Treaties; A. Pure and 'False' Unilateral Declarations. |
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I. Optional Clause Declarations cannot be Purely Unilateral Declarationsii. 'False Unilateral Declarations'; iii. Result; B. Bi- and Multilateral Treaties; II. Article 36 of the Statute; A. The Wording of Article 36 of the Statute; i. Article 36(2) of the Statute; a. The Reference to the 'Special Agreement'; b. The Fact that States 'May Declare'; 1. Optional Protocols and Optional Clauses are Treaties; 2. The Optional Clause is not Different in this Regard; ii. Article 36(3) of the Statute; B. The Genesis of the Optional Clause. |
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I. The Drafting of the Statute of the Permanent Court: The Necessity for an Additional Treatyii. The Drafting of the Statute of the Court: No Major Changes; iii. The Preservation of Prior Optional Clause Declarations and Compromissory Clauses; iv. Result; C. The Role of the Optional Clause Besides Other Treaties Establishing Jurisdiction; III. The Nature of the Optional Clause as Seen by States; A. Ambiguous General Remarks; B. The Reasons for Concluding the General Treaties Besides the Optional Clause; IV. The Nature of the Optional Clause in Jurisprudence. |
| Summary |
The International Law Commission's Guiding Principles for Unilateral Declarations and its Guide to Practice on Reservations to Treaties are among the recent developments in international law. These developments support a new assessment on how optional clauses (eg Article 62(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights) and especially the Optional Clause (Article 36(2) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)) can be characterised and treated. The question is in how far optional clauses and the respective declarations can be considered a multilateral treaty or a bundle of uni. |
| Local Note |
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Contracts.
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Contracts. |
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International law.
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International law. |
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International obligations.
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International obligations. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Törber, Gunnar. Contractual Nature of the Optional Clause. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2015 9781849468664 |
| ISBN |
9781509901432 (electronic book) |
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1509901434 (electronic book) |
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9781782258001 |
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1782258000 |
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9781509901449 |
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1509901442 |
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9781849468664 |
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1849468664 |
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9781849468664 |
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