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03291nam a2200193 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780199685400 (pbk.) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
sokunthea |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of original |
eng |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
341.1 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Thirlway, H. W. A., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1937- |
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author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The sources of international law / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Hugh Thirlway. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Oxford : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Oxford University Press , |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2014 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxi, 239 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Foundations of public international law |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
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? |
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Unilateral acts 20 |
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Decisions of international organizations |
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Agreements between States and international enterprises |
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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 |
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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 |
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Introduction |
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State practice |
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The opinio juris |
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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 |
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International tribunals |
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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 |
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The source or sources of obligations erga omnes |
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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 |
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Human rights law under treaty and as custom |
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Human rights as deriving from general principles |
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Human rights and Islam -- Humanitarian law |
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Treaties and conventions |
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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 |
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Rational choice theory : Andrew T. Guzman |
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Jean d'Aspremont : Formalism and the sources of international law |
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Matthias Goldmann : standard instruments for the exercise of international public authority -- New approaches to customary law |
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'A new theory with practical applications' : Brian D. Lepard |
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Reconciliation of 'traditional' and 'modern' approaches : Anthea Roberts -- X. Some concluding reflections. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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BE |
