Research Catalog

Title

The concept of international obligations erga omnes / Maurizio Ragazzi.

Author

Ragazzi, Maurizio

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Description

xl, 264 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This is the first monograph on the idea of obligations erga omnes, an increasingly important concept in contemporary international law. Maurizio Ragazzi employs a pragmatic approach that identifies five common elements among the examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court. These five properties are then discussed comparatively. -- Book Description from website.

Series Statement

Oxford monographs in international law

Uniform Title

Oxford monographs in international law

Subject

• International law > Moral and ethical aspects
• Customary law, International
• International obligations
• International crimes

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-260) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Appearance of the concept of obligations erga omnes on the agenda: the dictum of the International Court in the Barcelona Traction Case -- Selected prefigurations of the concept of obligations erga omnes: (a) state servitude, permanent dedication, international status and objective regime -- Selected prefigurations of the concept of obligations erga omnes: (b) jus cogens -- The examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court in its dictum: (a) The outlawing of acts of aggression -- The examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court in its dictum: (b) The outlawing of genocide -- The examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court in its dictum: (c) protection from slavery -- The examples of obligations erga omnes given by the International Court in its dictum: (d) protection from racial discrimination -- Selected candidates of obligations erga omnes proposed in the international literature -- Other selected candidates in light of the advisory opinion on namibia and the nuclear tests cases -- Particular aspects of the relationship between the concept of obligations erga omnes and the concepts of jus cogens and actio popularis -- General conclusions.

ISBN

0198298706 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^99045247^

OCLC

43185811

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library