Justification and Excuse in International Law - Concept and Theory of General Defences

Informationen zum Autor Federica Paddeu is the John Tiley Fellow in Law at Queens' College, Cambridge and a fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge. Klappentext The first comprehensive study of the distinction between justification and excuse under the international law of state responsibility.The defences available to a state under the law of state responsibility can be considered either as justifications (which render acts lawful) or excuses (excluding the responsibility of the state for wrongful conduct). This book is the first to comprehensively examine the distinction, informed by state practice and theoretical considerations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Justification and Excuse in International Law: 1. Justification and excuse in international law; 2. Practical consequences of the distinction in international law; 3. Classifying defences into justification and excuse in international law; Part II. Classifying the Defences in the Articles on State Responsibility: 4. Consent; 5. Self-defence; 6. Countermeasures; 7. Force majeure; 8. State of necessity; 9. Distress; Conclusion.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Federica Paddeu, Federica (University of Cambridge) Paddeu
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781107106208
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10620-8
• Seiten: 604
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht