Peremptory norms in international law
Orakhelashvili, AlexanderAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2008.
Peremptory norms are non-derogable standards of international public policy which impose limits on how far governments politicians and diplomats can further their own goals in making international transactions. This work examines their increasing importance in determining the permissible limits on the actions of State actors.
Specialized.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Peremptory norms are non-derogable standards of international public policy which impose limits on how far governments politicians and diplomats can further their own goals in making international transactions. This work examines their increasing importance in determining the permissible limits on the actions of State actors.
Specialized.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Peremptory norms as international public order -- The identification of peremptory norms -- Distinctive characteristics of peremptory norms -- Concepts cognate to jus cogens -- Sources and modification of peremptory norms -- The effect of jus cogens in the law of treaties -- Peremptory norms and the validity of the actions of states -- Remedies for breaches of peremptory norms -- Peremptory norms and the allocation of jurisdiction to states -- Peremptory norms and state immunity -- Problems of subsequent validation of breaches of jus cogens -- The nature and scope of jus cogens limitations on the Security Council's powers -- The normative conflict between a Security Council resolution and jus cogens : the practice of the Security Council -- Legal consequences of the conflict of a security council resolution with peremptory norms -- Peremptory norms and international judicial jurisdiction -- Jus cogens and the standing to bring judicial claims -- The impact of jus cogens on friendly settlement and discontinuance of cases -- Techniques of interaction of international jus cogens with national law  -- Peremptory norms and acts of foreign states in private international law 561.
Jus cogens (International law)
Customary law, International
International obligations
International Law
Law, Politics & Government
International Law - General