Unilateral acts of states in public international law / / by Przemyslaw Saganek.

• Superior document: Queen Mary Studies in International Law, Volume 22
• VerfasserIn: Saganek, Przemysław,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Queen Mary studies in international law ; Volume 22.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (670 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Unilateral Acts in International Law – Terminology and Evolution of Views /; Definition of Unilateral Acts /; Types of Unilateral Acts of States in Public International Law /; Validity of Unilateral Acts /; Individual Actions of States Regulated by the Law of Treaties and the Notion of Unilateral Acts of States /; Unilateral Acts and Territory /; Norms of International Law Dealing with Possible Unilateral Acts of States Pertaining to Individuals /; Diplomacy and Unilateral Acts of States /; Norms Connected with the Use of Force and Unilateral Acts of States /; Is it Possible to Create Obligations by the Means of Unilateral Declarations? /; The Nature and Characteristics of Unilateral Promise /; Legal Problems of Recognition /; Recognition as a Type of Legal Act /; Is Recognition a Unilateral Act by Definition? /; Waiver in Public International Law /; Protest in International Law /; Final conclusions /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004274618
• ISSN: 1877-4822
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Przemyslaw Saganek.

In Unilateral Acts of States in Public International Law Przemysław Saganek discusses one of the most important sources of States’ obligations in international law. He analyzes in a critical way the classical catalogue of unilateral acts comprising: promise, waiver, recognition and protest. He convincingly proves that this list is misleading as it oversees several important acts of States. On the other hand, several classical acts do not necessarily give rise to legal effects or are not necessarily unilateral. The author undertakes a thorough analysis of several types of acts, showing their similarities and dissimilarities. He concludes that the group category of ‘unilateral acts’ covers such diverse elements that they could be hardly codified in a single set of rules.