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Authors: Maurizio Ragazzi
ISBN-13: 9780198298700, ISBN-10: 0198298706
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: May 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
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.
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1 | The Appearance of the Concept of Obligations Erga Omnes on the Agenda: The Dictum of the International Court in the Barcelona Traction Case | 1 |
2 | Selected Prefigurations of the Concept of Obligations Erga Omnes: (a) State Servitude, Permanent Dedication, International Status and Objective Regime | 18 |
3 | Selected Prefigurations of the Concept of Obligations Erga Omnes: (b) Jus Cogens | 43 |
4 | The Examples of Obligations Erga Omnes Given by the International Court in its Dictum: (a) The Outlawing of Acts of Aggression | 74 |
5 | The Examples of Obligations Erga Omnes Given by the International Court in its Dictum: (b) The Outlawing of Genocide | 92 |
6 | The Examples of Obligations Erga Omnes Given by the International Court in its Dictum: (c) Protection from Slavery | 105 |
7 | The Examples of Obligations Erga Omnes Given by the International Court in its Dictum: (d) Protection from Racial Discrimination | 118 |
8 | Selected Candidates of Obligations Erga Omnes Proposed in the International Literature | 132 |
9 | Other Selected Candidates in Light of the Advisory Opinion on Namibia and the Nuclear Tests Cases | 164 |
10 | Particular Aspects of the Relationship Between the Concept of Obligations Erga Omnes and the Concepts of Jus Cogens and Actio Popularis | 189 |
General Conclusions | 215 | |
Bibliography | 219 | |
Index | 261 |