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Necessity and national emergency clauses : Sovereignty in modern treaty intepretation

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Publication details: Leiden Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2012Description: HB 400pISBN:
  • 9789004218529
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.370000 DES
Contents:
Table of contents I. Introduction: Necessity and Treaty Obligations; II. The Doctrine of Necessity in Municipal and International Legal Orders; III. The Historical Genesis of Necessity Doctrine: A Conceptual Descriptive; IV. Substantive and Methodological Issues in Interpreting Necessity Clauses in Treaties: A Proposal; V. Economic and National Security Emergencies: Necessity Clauses in International Investment Law and International Trade Law; VI. States of Emergency in International Human Rights Treaties; VII. Misapplying Necessity: Recent Proposals in Jus Ad Bellum and Jus in Bello; VIII. Conclusion: Necessity, Sovereignty, and Treaty Interpretation; Selected Bibliography; Subject Index
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Table of contents
I. Introduction: Necessity and Treaty Obligations;
II. The Doctrine of Necessity in Municipal and International Legal Orders;
III. The Historical Genesis of Necessity Doctrine: A Conceptual Descriptive;
IV. Substantive and Methodological Issues in Interpreting Necessity Clauses in Treaties: A Proposal;
V. Economic and National Security Emergencies: Necessity Clauses in International Investment Law and International Trade Law;
VI. States of Emergency in International Human Rights Treaties;
VII. Misapplying Necessity: Recent Proposals in Jus Ad Bellum and Jus in Bello;
VIII. Conclusion: Necessity, Sovereignty, and Treaty Interpretation;
Selected Bibliography;
Subject Index