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    Peremptory norms in international law / Alexander Orakhelashvili.

    • Title:Peremptory norms in international law / Alexander Orakhelashvili.
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    • Author/Creator:Orakhelashvili, Alexander.
    • Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Customary law, International.
      Jus cogens (International law)
      International obligations.
    • Description:xxxv, 622 p. ; 24 cm.
    • Series:Oxford monographs in international law.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [593]-613) and index.
    • ISBN:0199295964
      9780199295968
    • Contents:1. Peremptory norms as international public order
      2. identification of peremptory norms
      3. Distinctive characteristics of peremptory norms
      4. Concepts cognate to Jus Cogens
      5. Sources and modification of peremptory norms
      6. effect of Jus Cogens in the law of treaties
      7. Peremptory norms and the validity of the actions of states
      8. Remedies for breaches of peremptory norms
      9. Peremptory norms and the allocation of jurisdiction to states
      10. Peremptory norms and state immunity
      11. Problems of subsequent validation of breaches of Jus Cogens
      12. nature and scope of Jus Cogens limitations on the security council's powers
      13. normative conflict between a security council resolution and Jus Cogens : the practice of the security council
      14. Legal consequences of the conflict of a security council resolution with peremptory norms
      15. Peremptory norms and international judicial jurisdiction
      16. Jus Cogens and the standing to bring judicial claims
      17. impact of Jus Cogens on friendly settlement and discontinuance of cases
      18. Techniques of interaction of international Jus Cogens with national law
      19. Peremptory norms and acts of foreign states in private international law
      20. Conclusion.
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