The 1969 and 1986 Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties are essential components of the contemporary international legal order. They aim at regulating what has become the main source of public international law and a crucial tool in inter-state relations. The Vienna Conventions codify to a significant extent the customary rules that pre-existed in the field, but also put forward innovative concepts, such as jus cogens. In spite of their importance, these two instruments had so far not been the object of a detailed commentary. These volumes fill that gap, by providing both international and national lawyers with an in-depth analysis of each provision of both Conventions. The structure of each commentary is essentially uniform, with the first part dedicated to the exposition of that provision's object and purpose and to the assessment of its customary status. The second part of each commentary deals with the main issues of interpretation raised by the provision in question. Extensive reference is made to the travaux preparatoires of both Conventions, including the work of the UN International Law Commission and the proceedings of the 1969 and 1986 diplomatic conferences, and to practice both prior to and following the adoption of the Conventions. The 90 + authors who contributed to the book come from twenty different countries and include some of the most respected experts in international law.

The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary (Oxford Commentaries on International Law)

Corten, Olivier

Klein, Pierre

Foreign & International Law

Oxford University Press

Armed Intervention and Consent (Max Planck Trialogues, Series Number 4)

Fox, Gregory H

Kritsiotis, Dino

Cambridge University Press

Praise for previous edition: 
“...a comprehensive, meticulously-researched study of contemporary international law governing the use of armed force in international relations…' 
Andrew Garwood-Gowers, Queensland University of Technology Law Review, Volume 12(2)\nWhen this first English language edition of The Law Against War published it quickly established itself as a classic. Detailed, analytically rigorous and comprehensive, it provided an indispensable guide to the legal framework regulating the use of force.\nNow a decade on the much anticipated new edition brings the work up to date. It looks at new precedents arising from the Arab Spring; the struggle against the "Islamic State" in Iraq and Syria; and the conflicts in Ukraine and Yemen. It also reflects the new doctrinal debates surrounding recent state practice. Previous positions are reconsidered and in some cases revised, notably the question of consensual intervention and the very definition of force, particularly, to accommodate targeted extrajudicial executions and cyber-operations. Finally, the new edition provides detailed coverage of the concept of self-defense, reflecting recent interpretations of the International Court of Justice and the ongoing controversies surrounding its definition and interpretation.

The Law Against War: The Prohibition on the Use of Force in Contemporary International Law (French Studies in International Law)

Hart Publishing

This book - an updated translation of the original French version Le droit contre la guerre (2008) by Pedone - presents an examination of the non-use of force in contemporary international law. Some authors, especially in recent years, have claimed that this field is undergoing an important metamorphosis as a result, in particular, of the requirements of the 'war against terror.' More specifically, some consider that the systematic prohibition laid down in the Charter of the United Nations (1945) should be made more flexible in the current context of international relations, allowing further development of new concepts, such as 'humanitarian intervention' and 'preemptive war,' or providing for the possibility of presumptive authorization by the Security Council in certain exceptional circumstances. This highly original work suggests that if any notable changes can be observed, especially in the past two decades, State practice shows that the Charter system is still based on a true jus contra bellum and not on the jus ad bellum characterizing previous periods. In this sense, as the title of the book suggests, 'law against war' is not only a literal translation of the Latin expression, but evokes, at the same time, the spirit of a rule which remains undoubtedly one of the bases of public international law. *** "Corten's book is weighty not just by its size, but above all through the depth and comprehensiveness with which it analyzes the entirety of what the author calls the law against war, the jus contra bellum....A great work like the present one will undoubtedly make a contribution by intellectually solidifying its subject-matter and thus creating informed views in the minds also of international law practitioners." - from the Preface by Bruno Simma

The Law against War is a translated and updated version of a book published in 2008 in French (Le droit contre la guerre, Pedone). The aim of this book is to study the prohibition of the use of armed force in contemporary positive international law. Some commentators claim that the field has undergone substantial changes arising especially since the end of the Cold War in the 1990s. More specifically, several scholars consider that the prohibition laid down as a principle in the United Nations Charter of 1945 should be relaxed in the present-day context of international relations, a change that would seem to be reflected in the emergence of ideas such as 'humanitarian intervention', 'preventive war' or in the possibility of presuming Security Council authorisation under certain exceptional circumstances. The argument in this book is that while marked changes have been observed, above all since the 1990s, the legal regime laid down by the Charter remains founded on a genuine jus contra bellum and not on the jus ad bellum that characterised earlier periods. 'The law against war', as in the title of this book, is a literal rendering of the familiar Latin expression and at the same time it conveys the spirit of a rule that remains, without a doubt, one of the cornerstones of public international law.From the Foreword by Bruno Simma'Corten's book is weighty not just by its size, but above all through the depth and comprehensiveness with which it analyzes the entirety of what the author calls the law against war, the jus contra bellum. Corten tackles his immense task with a combination of methodical rigour, applying modern positivism and abstaining from constructions of a lex ferenda, and great sensibility for the political context and the ensuing possibilities and limitations of the legal regulation of force.'

La rébellion et le droit international: Le rincipe de neutralite en tension (Academie De Droit International De La Haye) (French Edition)

Martinus Nijhoff

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The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties: A Commentary (Oxford Commentaries on International Law)

Armed Intervention and Consent (Max Planck Trialogues, Series Number 4)

The Law Against War: The Prohibition on the Use of Force in Contemporary International Law (French Studies in International Law)

The Law Against War: The Prohibition on the Use of Force in Contemporary International Law (French Studies in International Law)

The Law Against War: The Prohibition on the Use of Force in Contemporary International Law (French Studies in International Law)

The Law Against War: The Prohibition on the Use of Force in Contemporary International Law (French Studies in International Law)

La rébellion et le droit international: Le rincipe de neutralite en tension (Academie De Droit International De La Haye) (French Edition)