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100			_aThirlway, H. W. A., _d1937- _cauthor
245			_aThe sources of international law / _cHugh Thirlway.
250			_aFirst edition
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press , _c2014
300			_axxi, 239 pages ; _c24 cm
490			_aFoundations of public international law
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_aThe 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? _aUnilateral acts 20 _aDecisions of international organizations _aAgreements between States and international enterprises _aOther 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 _ajus 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 _aIntroduction _aState practice _aThe opinio juris _aThe 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 _aInternational tribunals _aMunicipal 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 _aThe source or sources of obligations erga omnes _aThe source or sources of norms of jus cogens -- Soft law -- VIII. Subsystems of international law -- 'Self-contained regimes' and their limits -- Human rights law _aHuman rights law under treaty and as custom _aHuman rights as deriving from general principles _aHuman rights and Islam -- Humanitarian law _aTreaties and conventions _aCustomary 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 _aRational choice theory : Andrew T. Guzman _aJean d'Aspremont : Formalism and the sources of international law _aMatthias Goldmann : standard instruments for the exercise of international public authority -- New approaches to customary law _a'A new theory with practical applications' : Brian D. Lepard _aReconciliation of 'traditional' and 'modern' approaches : Anthea Roberts -- X. Some concluding reflections.
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