The Sources of International Law / (Record no. 24737)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780199685394 (hbk.)
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International Standard Book Number 9780199685400 (pbk.)
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082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 22
Classification number 341
Item number THI
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Thirlway, Hugh,
Dates associated with a name 1937-
Relator term author.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Sources of International Law /
Statement of responsibility, etc Hugh Thirlway.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc United Kingdom :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Oxford University Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc c2014.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxi, 239 p. ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Foundations of public international law
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note I. The nature of international law and the concept of sources -- Introduction -- Formal and material sources -- Enumeration of the recognized formal sources -- Nature and operation of the sources -- Whose law? States and non-State actors -- Are there additional sources, not in Article 38? ; Unilateral acts 20 ; Decisions of international organizations ; Agreements between States and international enterprises ; Other proposals -- Religious law as a rival or additional source -- Is the theory of sources still sufficient? -- II. Treaties and conventions as a source of law -- Pacta sunt servanda -- The limits of treaty-law : jus cogens and the relative effect of treaties -- Commitment to the treaty-obligations -- Unilateral acts as inchoate treaties? -- III. Custom as a source of law -- Introduction -- Constituent elements of custom ; Introduction ; State practice ; The opinio juris ; The role of General Assembly resolutions -- Changes in customary law -- The relevance of ethical principles to customary law -- The 'persistent objector' -- General and local customary law -- IV. General principles of law as a source of law -- What are the 'general principles of law'? -- The role of equity -- General principles of law and non liquet -- V. The subsidiary sources -- Introduction -- Judicial decisions ; International tribunals ; Municipal courts -- The teachings of publicists -- VI. Interaction or hierarchy between sources -- Simultaneous and identical obligations under treaty and under customary law -- The 'hierarchy of sources' -- VII. Specialities : jus cogens, obligations erga omnes, soft law -- Superior norms and their sources : jus cogens and obligations erga omnes ; The source or sources of obligations erga omnes ; The source or sources of norms of jus cogens -- Soft law -- VIII. Subsystems of international law -- 'Self-contained regimes' and their limits -- Human rights law ; Human rights law under treaty and as custom ; Human rights as deriving from general principles ; Human rights and Islam -- Humanitarian law ; Treaties and conventions ; Customary law or an independent source of law? -- WTO, ICSID : trade and investment law dispute settlement -- International environmental issues -- International criminal law -- IX. Alternative approaches -- Alternatives to the traditional doctrine of sources as a whole ; Rational choice theory : Andrew T. Guzman ; Jean d'Aspremont : Formalism and the sources of international law ; Matthias Goldmann : standard instruments for the exercise of international public authority -- New approaches to customary law ; 'A new theory with practical applications' : Brian D. Lepard ; Reconciliation of 'traditional' and 'modern' approaches : Anthea Roberts -- X. Some concluding reflections.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element International law
General subdivision Sources.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Foundations of public international law.
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