La nécessité en droit international

La nécessité en droit international
Author: Sarah Cassella
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 591
Release: 2011-05-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004215867

La Commission du droit international, après avoir longuement hésité, a inscrit l’état de nécessité dans sa codification de la responsabilité des États en tant que circonstance excluant l’illicéité. L’objet de cette étude est de démontrer qu’il s’agit d’un mécanisme beaucoup plus diffus et fondamental du droit international, intimement lié à ses caractéristiques propres. Il a comme fonction la limitation des obligations substantielles des États lors de la survenance d’un fait-condition – la situation de nécessité – afin d’éviter que l’application du droit ne génère un coût social excessif. Sa réalisation requiert toujours une pondération des intérêts en conflit. Seulement lorsqu’un coût social excessif ne peut être évité, l’état de nécessité intervient dans le cadre des obligations secondaires de la responsabilité internationale, en tant que circonstance atténuante. After much hesitation, the International Law Commission codified the state of necessity as a circumstance precluding wrongfulness in the field of State responsibility. This study aims to demonstrate that it is a much wider mechanism, essential to international law and strictly connected to its own characteristics. It performs the function of limiting the substantial obligations of States in case of the realization of a fact condition – a situation of necessity – in order to avert an excessive social cost, born out of law implementation. It always works through a balance of conflicting interests. Only when a social cost cannot be avoided, the state of necessity, under the features of a mitigating circumstance, enters the field of secondary obligations relating to international responsibility.

Places of Refuge

Places of Refuge
Author: Eric Van Hooydonk
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2020-11-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 100034150X

The need for specific legal arrangements governing ships in distress and places of refuge is one of the most topical problems in both public and private maritime law. The headline grabbing shipping disasters involving the loss of the Erika (1999) and the Prestige (2002) attracted the attention of the IMO, the Comité Maritime International, the European Union, national maritime authorities around the globe and the maritime industry in general. Ultimately the impact of pollution on local economies and the environment was enough to arouse the concern of a broad swathe of public opinion. Places of Refuge provides clarity on: • The scope of the right of access • The conditions under which coastal authorities may deny access • The liability of authorities granting or denying access • The basis and the conditions of financial securities • The obligation to establish contingency plans

Equity and Equitable Principles in the World Trade Organization

Equity and Equitable Principles in the World Trade Organization
Author: Anastasios Gourgourinis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2015-07-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317964152

This book analyses whether, and how, equity and equitable principles can be employed as juridical tools in the legal reasoning of judges and lawyers in World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes where there is interaction between norms derived from the multilateral trade regime and other international legal regimes. Bringing the literature on equity and equitable principles in international law up to date this book tackles several legal problems which have emerged in WTO dispute settlement practice as well as engaging with the concept of the fragmentation of international law. The book provides an original argument about the role and significance of equity and equitable principles in the debate over fragmentation by providing a coherent methodology for addressing conflicts and overlaps between WTO and non-WTO norms in the context of Dispute Settlement Body proceedings.

Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict

Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict
Author: Astrid J Delissen
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 700
Release: 1991-07
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004636072

The collection of essays is entitled `Challenges Ahead'. An ambitious title, but an appropriate one; for the contributors, as the 21st century draws near, ask themselves a number of basic questions about the future of the law in a world undergoing such profound changes. Their reflections will certainly give both cause for hope and reason to fear. This Liber Amicorum dedicated to Professor Frits Kalshoven, is written by specialists who for many years have given their best to the development and promotion of humanitarian law. It will make a significant contribution to the understanding of international humanitarian law.

Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses 1936

Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses 1936
Author: Academie De Droit International De La Ha
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 724
Release: 1968-12-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789028609525

The Academy is a prestigious international institution for the study and teaching of Public and Private International Law and related subjects. The work of the Hague Academy receives the support and recognition of the UN. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law. The courses deal with the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject, including legislation and case law. All courses at the Academy are, in principle, published in the language in which they were delivered in the "Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law .

Justification and Excuse in International Law

Justification and Excuse in International Law
Author: Federica Paddeu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2018-01-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107106206

The first comprehensive study of the distinction between justification and excuse under the international law of state responsibility.

Hague Yearbook of International Law: Vol. 10:1997

Hague Yearbook of International Law: Vol. 10:1997
Author: A. C. Kiss
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1998-07-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789041110350

Academics and practitioners alike turn to the renowned "Hague Yearbook of International Law" for broad coverage of key topical matters in the field. This volume contains Congress papers and in-depth articles in English and French covering developments in private international law, international humanitarian law, and international environmental law. It also includes summaries of key aspects of decisions rendered by various international law institutions such as the International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, and the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal. The total effect of the various papers contained within this single resource is coverage of a broad range of current, important topics in the field. The reporting on the decisions of numerous tribunals and on matters before them enables readers to keep abreast of developments from a variety of sources that have the potential to change or have changed the state of the law and its practice. Topics covered in this issue include: - technological development and the development of the law of outer spaces; - recent marine archeology developments in international law; and - international protection of children within the framework of human rights.

Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders / Recueil des arrêts, avis consultatifs et ordonnances, Volume 14 (2014)

Reports of Judgments, Advisory Opinions and Orders / Recueil des arrêts, avis consultatifs et ordonnances, Volume 14 (2014)
Author: Intl. Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 811
Release: 2015-06-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004290699

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea is an independent judicial body established by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the Convention. The Tribunal is open to States Parties to the Convention and, in certain cases, to entities other than States Parties (such as international organizations and natural or legal persons). The jurisdiction of the Tribunal comprises all disputes submitted to it in accordance with the Convention. It also extends to all matters specifically provided for in any other agreement which confers jurisdiction on the Tribunal. This volume contains the texts of the judicial decisions rendered by the Tribunal in the year 2014 in English and French. Le Tribunal international du droit de la mer est un organe judiciaire indépendant créé par la Convention des Nations Unies sur le droit de la mer pour connaître des différends relatifs à l'interprétation et l'application de la Convention. Le Tribunal est ouvert aux Etats Parties à la Convention et, dans certains cas, à des entités autres que les Etats Parties (telles que des organisations internationales et des personnes physiques et morales). La compétence du Tribunal s'étend à tous les différends qui lui sont soumis conformément à la Convention. Elle s'étend également à toutes les matières expressément prévues dans tout autre accord conférant compétence au Tribunal. Le présent volume contient le texte en français et en anglais des décisions rendues par le Tribunal au cours de l’année 2014.

Cultural Heritage and International Law

Cultural Heritage and International Law
Author: Evelyne Lagrange
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2018-07-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3319787896

This book explores the objects, means and ends of international cultural heritage protection. It starts from a broad conception of cultural heritage that encompasses both tangible property, such as museum objects or buildings, and intangible heritage, such as languages and traditions. Cultural heritage thus defined is protected by various legal regimes, including the law of armed conflicts, UNESCO Conventions and international criminal law. With a view to strengthening international protection, the authors analyze existing regimes and elaborate innovative concepts, such as blue helmets of culture and safe havens for endangered cultural heritage. Finally, the ends of international protection come to the fore, and the authors address possible conflicts between protecting cultural diversity and wishes to strengthen cultural identity.