State Responsibility and the Law of Treaties

by Marcel Szabó (Editor)

This book brings together updated papers presented at a conference to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. The collection consists of nine articles by scholars with a strong interest in the areas of state responsibility and treaty law. As the interplay between state responsibility and treaty law becomes more and more important, a book dealing with this topic cannot fail to be of interest. Contents Does the Difference Make a Difference? A Comparison between the Mechanisms of the Law of Treaties and of State Responsibility as Means to Derogate from Treaty Obligations in Cases of Subsequent Changes of Circumstances * 'Article 98' Agreements, the Law of Treaties, and the Law of State Responsibility * State Responsibility and Private Military Companies * The Duty Not to Recognize as Lawful a Situation Created by the Illegal Use of From Kosovo to Abkhazia and South Ossetia * Jus A Puzzle * Applying the Law of State Responsibility to Military Counter-Terrorist Actions * Genuine Test of Genuine Prosecutions? A Human Rights Model for Complementarity * Treaty Interpretation and Tottering Treaty The Case of International Investment Law * International Legal Responsibility of the European Union According to the Draft Articles of the International Law Commission

220 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 2010

About the author

Szabó Marcel. Professor at Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences.