Legal Consequences of Peremptory Norms in International Law

by Daniel Costelloe

Book Overview

When is a norm peremptory? This is a question that has troubled legal scholars throughout the development of modern international law. In this work, Daniel Costelloe suggests - through an examination of State practice and international materials - that it is the legal consequences of a norm which distinguish it as peremptory. This book sheds light on the legal consequences that peremptory norms have, for instance, in the law of treaties, international...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107145031
• ISBN13: 9781107145030
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"