Unity and pluralism in public international law / / Oriol Casanovas.

• Superior document: Developments in International Law ; 39
• VerfasserIn: Casanovas y La Rosa, Oriol,
• Place / Publishing House: The Hague, The Netherlands ;, New York ;, London : : Nijhoff Publishers,, [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English; Spanish
• Series: Developments in International Law ; 39.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTORY NOTE -- PART 1 THE LEGAL STRUCTURE OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW -- I PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AS A LEGAL SYSTEM -- 1 Introduction: the origins of Public International Law -- 2 The debate concerning the legal character of Public International Law -- a) The doctrine of normativism -- b) The sociological approach -- c) Other positions -- 3 Law as a complex system of rules -- a) The regulation of conflicts of interests -- b) "Primary" and "secondary" rules -- c) Legal rules, rules of morality, social usages and rules of games -- 4 Theoretical approaches and paradigms -- a) Voluntarism -- b) Objectivism -- c) The critical approach -- II UNIVERSALITY AND PARTICULARISM IN INTERNATIONAL CUSTOM -- 1 The significance of international custom -- 2 Doctrinal conceptions -- a) Voluntarist perspective -- b) Normativist approach -- 3 The material element: universality and generality of practice -- a) Regional custom and bilateral or local custom -- b) The perspective of opposability -- c) The problem of the persistent objector -- 4 The unity of the system and the surmounting of pluralism -- 5 Multilateral conventions and resolutions of intergovernmental organisations: the codification of international custom -- 6 Social change and legal change -- 7 The spriritual element -- a) Difficulty of proof -- b) The paradox of the initial act -- c) The need of proof of the opinio iuris -- 8 Other approaches relating to international custom -- a) The nature of the rule relative to custom as a rule of recognition -- b) The Critical Legal Studies' perspective of international custom -- III INTERNATIONAL TREATIES AND MATERIAL INTERNATIONAL REGIMES -- 1 International treaties as a "source": annalytical approaches -- 2 The notion of the international treaty.

3 Particular International Law and "material international regimes -- 4 Typology proposal of material international regimes -- 5 The unity of the international legal system and rule subsystems -- 6 Conflicts between treaties -- 7 International treaties and ius cogens rules -- IV THE OPEN STRUCTURE OF PuBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 1 Characteristics of international obligations -- a) Non requirement -- b) Behavioural obligations and obligations of outcome -- c) "Soft Law" and non-legal obligations -- d) Rules and standards -- 2 The interpretation of international rules -- a) Interpretation moments and interpretation patterns -- b) Interpretation and judicial decisions -- 3 Lacunae in Public International Law -- a) Types of Lacunae -- b) Ways to prevent lacunae -- c) Lacunae and judicial decision -- 4 The general principles of Law -- a) The nature of the rule relative to the general principles of Law -- b) Principles of Law and legal principles -- c) General principles of Law and a new Law of Peoples -- PART 2 THE EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY -- V STATES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- 1 International personality: approaches -- 2 States as subjects of Public International Law -- 3 State sovereignty and International Law -- 4 The international community -- a) The "realist" denial of the international community -- b) The significance of the international community -- 5 International organizations as subjects of International Law -- 6 Other subjects of International Law -- VI SELF-DETERMINATION OF PEOPLES AND SOCIAL PLURALISM -- 1 The meaning of the right to self-determination of peoples -- 2 The evolution of the principle in the United Nations -- a) Political principle -- b) The colonial peoples right -- c) Human right -- d) Self-determination and secession -- 3 Current problems -- a) Rights of minorities -- b) Rights of indigenous peoples.

c) The rights of groups -- 4 Self-determination, social and political pluralism -- VII THE HUMAN PERSON IN INTERNATIONAL LAW -- 1 The human person, international personality and the question of the unity of International Law -- 2 International treaties for the protection of human rights and the objective character of their obligations -- 3 The question of the universality of human rights -- 4 The fundamental rules of humanitarian International Law -- 5 The legal dimension of human rights as an international concern -- 6 The international rules of protection of human rights and their legal nature -- a) Customary obligations -- b) "Authorised" interpretation of the Charter -- c) Basis as general principles of Law -- 7 International community and Humanity -- PART 3 THE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW -- VIII STATE LEGAL POWERS AND COMMON INTERESTS -- 1 Functions of Public International Law: co-existence and cooperation -- 2 The doctrine of compétences in legal theory and in Public International Law -- 3 Territorial power: title and effectivity -- 4 Maritime frontiers, powers and interests of States -- 5 Common areas and resources -- 6 Common Heritage of Mankind and Globalization -- IX INTERNATIONAL RESPONSABILITY: PLURALITY OF INTERNATIONAL RÉGIMES -- 1 International responsability: doctrinal perspectives -- 2 Codification of the Law of international responsability -- 3 Origin of responsability -- a) Unlawfulness and wrongfulness -- b) Internationally wrongful acts: the question of damage -- c) International crimes or serious breaches of obligations to the international community? -- 4 The notion of injured State -- 5 The consequences of an internationally wrongful act -- 6 Self-contained regimes of responsibility -- 7 The question of international responsibility for ultra-hazardous activities or absolute responsability.

8 Crimes against the peace and security of Mankind -- X THE PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES AND THE MULTIPLICITY OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS -- 1 The principle of pacific settlement of disputes and international adjudication -- 2 The International Court of Justice as a judicial organ with voluntary jurisdiction -- 3 Evolution of the activity of the International Court of Justice -- 4 The distinction between political and legal disputes revisited -- 5 The International Court of Justice and the Security Council resolutions -- 6 The multiplicity of international judicial organs and the question of the unity of the international legal order -- a) The International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) -- b) The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea -- c) The WTO Dispute Settlement Body -- d) The international criminal tribunals -- 7 Other international tribunals in the regional sphere -- a) The European Court of Human Rights -- b) The Court of Justice of the European Communities -- 9 Multiplicity of judicial organs, legal pluralism and the unity of Public International Law -- CONCLUSION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- TABLE OF CASES -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.