Jus cogens : international law and social contract /
Weatherall, Thomas,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
International law -- The social contract -- The interests of the international community -- Human dignity as a general principle of law -- The authority of jus cogens -- Expression of an international social contract -- Historical antecedents -- The formal source of peremptory norms -- Normativity and positivism : a reconciliation -- Comtemporary legal foundations -- The content of jus cogens -- Individual responsibility -- The form of jus cogens -- The enforcement of jus cogens : obligations erga omnes -- State responsibility and jus cogens -- An illustration : the Libya crisis -- Realizing the international social contract -- Legal observations -- Theoretical implications -- Annex.
Jus cogens (International law)