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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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Author:   Dire Tladi
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   75
Weight:   1.460kg
ISBN:  

9789004464117

ISBN 10:   9004464115
Pages:   794
Publication Date:   19 August 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 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   Patrícia Galvão 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   Sâ Benjamin Traoré 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 Šturma 12 The Treatment of Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens) in the Inter-American Human Rights System   Juan José 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 15 Is the Right to Self-Determination Jus Cogens: Reflections on the Chagos Advisory Opinion   Julia Sebutinde 16 Jus Cogens and Compensation   Rosalind Elphick with John Dugard 17 Peremptory Norms and Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council   Daniel Costelloe PART 3 Particular Rules and Sets of Rules 18 “Magic” or Smoke and Mirrors? The Gendered Illusion of Jus Cogens   Mary H. Hansel 19 Ending the Splendid Isolation Jus Cogens and International Economic Law   Makane Moïse Mbengue and Apollin Koagne Zouapet 20 Environmental Protection as a Peremptory Norm of General International Law: Is It Time?   Nilufer Oral 21 The Prohibition of Terrorism as Jus Cogens   Aniel de Beer 22 The Jus Cogens Status of the Prohibition on the Use of Force: What Is Its Scope and Why Does It Matter?   Olivier Corten and Vaios Koutroulis 23 The Friendly Relations Declaration and Peremptory Norms   Jorge E. Viñuales 24 The Right to Self-Determination and Peremptory Norms   Ki-Gab Park 25 Sovereign Equality as a Peremptory Norm of General International Law   Hannah Woolaver 26 A Jus Cogens Human Rights Exception to Head of State Immunity: Fact, Fiction or Wishful Thinking?   Kobina Egyir Daniel Index

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Dire Tladi, PhD (2007), Erasmus University Rotterdam, is a Professor of International Law and the NRF/DST South African Research Chair at the University of Pretoria, member of the UN International Law Commission and its Special Rapporteur on Peremptory Norms and member of the Institut de Droit International.

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