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1 online resource (xliv, 509 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"One of the most complex doctrines in contemporary international law, jus cogens is the immediate product of the socialization of the international community following the Second World War. However, the doctrine resonates in a centuries-old legal tradition which constrains the dynamics of voluntarism that characterize conventional international law. To reconcile this modern iteration of individual-oriented public order norms with the traditionally State-based form of international law, Thomas Weatherall applies the idea of a social contract to structure the analysis of jus cogens into four areas: authority, sources, content and enforcement. The legal and political implications of this analysis give form to jus cogens as the product of interrelation across an individual-oriented normative framework, a State-based legal order, and values common to the international community as a whole"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Part I. Peremptory norms of general international law (jus cogens) -- 1. International law -- 2. Social contract -- Part II. Authority of jus cogens -- 3. Interests of the international community -- 4. Human dignity as a general principle of law -- 5. Authority of jus congens -- 6. Expression of an international social contract -- Part III. Material and formal sources of jus cogens -- 7. Historical antecendents -- 8. Formal source of peremptory norms -- 9. Normativity and postivism : a reconciliation -- Part IV. Peremptory norms and the individual -- 10. Contemporary legal foundations -- 11. Content of jus cogens -- 12. Individual responsibility -- 13. Form of jus cogens -- Part V. Peremptory norms and the state -- 14. Enforcement of jus cogens : obligations erga omnes -- 15. State responsibility and jus cogens -- 16. An illustration : the Libya crisis -- 17. Realizing the international social contract -- Part VI. International law and social contract -- 18. Legal observations -- 19. Theoretical implications -- 20. Annex [selected, illustrative cases]. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Jus cogens (International law)
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Jus cogens (International law) |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weatherall, Thomas. Jus cogens 9781107081765 (DLC) 2014043410 (OCoLC)894491900 |
| ISBN |
9781139976664 (electronic book) |
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1139976664 (electronic book) |
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9781316319932 |
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1316319938 |
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9781107442092 (paperback ISBN printversie) |
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1107442095 (paperback ISBN printversie) |
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9781316329979 (electronic book) |
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1316329976 |
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9781316333310 (e-book) |
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1316309916 |
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9781316309919 |
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1316323293 |
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9781316323298 |
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1316333310 |
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9781316333310 |
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1316326632 |
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9781316326633 |
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9781107081765 |
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1107081769 |
| Standard No. |
DOI 10.1017/CBO9781139976664 |
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