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Principles of Public International Law

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Principles of Public International Law

by: Brownlie, Ian

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Copyright: 01/14/1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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This is the fifth edition of the leading textbook on Public International Law. The material has been thoroughly revised and updated to take account of developments since 1990, and a new chapter on international environmental protection has been added. The book retains all its original strengths - clear exposition, rigorous analysis, detailed referencing and comprehensive coverage.

Table of Cases

xxvii

Abbreviations

xliii

Glossary

xlvii

PART I PRELIMINARY TOPICS

Sources of the Law

(30)

Introductory

(2)

The Statute of the International Court of Justice

(1)

International Custom

(7)

`Law-Making' Treaties and Other Material Sources

(4)

General Principles of Law

(3)

General Principles of International Law

(1)

Judicial Decisions

(5)

The Writings of Publicists

(1)

Equity in Judgments and Advisory Opinions of the International Court

(2)

Considerations of Humanity

(1)

Legitimate Interests

(3)

Note on Comity

(1)

Note on Codification

(1)

The Relation of Municipal and International Law

(26)

Theoretical Problems

(2)

Theories of Co-ordination

(1)

The Relation between Obligations of States and Municipal Law

(2)

The Position of the Individual

(1)

Issues of Municipal Law before International Tribunals

(3)

Municipal Laws as `Facts' before International Tribunals

(2)

Issues of International Law before Municipal courts

(1)

The Doctrine of Incorporation in British and Commonwealth Courts

(5)

Treaties and the Interpretation of Statutes in the United Kingdom

(2)

Treaties and the Determination of Common Law

(1)

The Reception of International Law in Other States

(2)

Relation of Executive and Judiciary

(1)

Res judicata and the Two Systems

(2)

Relation to the Sources of International Law

(1)

Conclusion

(2)

PART II PERSONALITY AND RECOGNITION

Subjects of the Law

(12)

Introductory

(2)

Personality and Protected Status

(1)

Established Legal Persons

(3)

Special Types of Personality

(4)

Controversial Candidatures

(2)

Some Consequences

(1)

Incidence and Continuity of Statehood

(16)

Introductory

(1)

Legal Criteria of Statehood

(7)

States in Statu Nascendi

(1)

Illegal Occupation and the Influence of jus Cogens

(1)

Necessary Legal Constructions

(1)

Membership of International Organizations and Agencies

(1)

Identity and Continuity of States

(3)

Micro-States

(2)

Recognition of States and Governments

(20)

Recognition as a General Category

(1)

States and Governments in Relation to Recognition

(3)

The Varied Legal Consequences of Acts of Recognition and Policies of Non-Recognition

(1)

Is there a Duty of Recognition?

(1)

Recognition of Governments

(1)

De jure and De Facto Recognition

(2)

Retroactivity

(1)

Implied Recognition

(1)

Collective Recognition: Membership of Organizations

(2)

Non-recognition and Sanctions

(1)

Issues of Recognition before National Courts

(7)

British Policy on Recognition of Governments

104

(1)

PART III TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY

Territorial Sovereignty

105

(20)

The Concept of Territory

105

(1)

Sovereignty and Jurisdiction

105

(1)

Sovereignty and Ownership

106

(1)

Administration and Sovereignty

107

(1)

Sovereignty and Responsibility. The Ownership of Rights

107

(1)

Administration Divorced from State Sovereignty

108

(1)

Territory the Sovereignty of which is Indeterminate

108

(1)

Terminable and Reversionary Rights

109

(1)

Residual Soverignty

110

(1)

International Leases

111

(1)

Use and Possession Granted in Perpetuity

112

(1)

Demilitarized and Neutralized Territory

113

(1)

The Concept of Territory: the Principle of Effective Control Applied by National Courts

113

(1)

Condominia

114

(1)

Vassalage, Suzerainty, and Protection

115

(1)

Mandates and Trust Territories

116

(1)

Parts of State Territory

116

(2)

Restrictions on Disposition of Territory

118

(2)

Capacity to Transfer or Acquire Territory

120

(1)

The Concept of Title

120

(1)

The Determination of Frontiers

121

(1)

Nemo dat quod non habet

122

(3)

The Creation and Transfer of Territorial Sovereignty

125

(44)

Introductory

125

(1)

Historical Changes in Concepts of Law

126

(1)

The Doctrine of Inter-temporal Law

126

(2)

Critical Dates

128

(1)

The Modes of Acquisition

129

(1)

Original and Derivative Title

130

(1)

Roots of Title

131

(5)

Effective Occupation

136

(6)

Abandonment or Derelictio

142

(1)

Discovery

143

(2)

Symbolic Annexation

145

(1)

Original or Historic Title

146

(1)

Extent of Sovereignty: Geographical Doctrines

147

(1)

Arctic and Antarctic Sectors

148

(1)

Accretion, Erosion, and Avulsion

149

(1)

Acquisitive Prescription

150

(6)

Acquiescence and Recognition

156

(2)

Estoppel

158

(1)

Novation

159

(1)

Doctrine of Reversion

160

(1)

Relative Title

160

(2)

Historical Consolidation of Title

162

(1)

Acquisition of Maritime Territory and Other Topics

163

(3)

Problems of Alienability

166

(3)

Status of Territory: Further Problems

169

(8)

International Procedures Relating to Territorial Dispositions

169

(3)

Capacity of the United Nations to Administer Territory

172

(1)

Legal Regimes apart from State Sovereignty

173

(4)

PART IV LAW OF THE SEA

Territorial Sea, Contiguous Zones, and Exclusive Economic Zones

177

(34)

Territorial Sea

177

(1)

Introductory

177

(3)

Baseline for Measurement of the Territorial Sea

180

(4)

Straight Baselines: Recent Developments

184

(1)

Breadth of the Territorial Sea

185

(2)

Baselines: Further Problems

187

(4)

Legal Regime of the Territorial Sea

191

(6)

Specialized Rights

197

(1)

Introductory

197

(1)

The Concept of the Contiguous Zone

198

(1)

Permissible Types of Zone

199

(2)

Delimitation of the Contiguous Zone

201

(1)

Problem of Enforcement

201

(2)

Other Zones for Special Purposes

203

(8)

The Continental Shelf: Delimitation of Shelf Areas and Exclusive Economic Zones

211

(18)

Introduction

211

(1)

Continental Shelf: Background

211

(3)

Sources of the Law

214

(1)

Rights of the Coastal State in the Shelf

214

(2)

Natural Resources of the Shelf

216

(1)

Artificial Islands and Installations on the Shelf

216

(1)

Regime of the Subsoil

217

(1)

Outer Limit of the Shelf

218

(3)

The Continental Shelf and the Exclusive Economic Zone Compared

221

(1)

Shelf Delimitation between Opposite or Adjacent States

221

(6)

Exclusive Economic Zone Delimitation between Opposite or Adjacent States

227

(1)

The Regime of Islands

228

(1)

The Regime of the High Seas

229

(26)

Introductory

229

(1)

The Freedom of the High Seas

230

(4)

The Maintenance of Order on the High Seas

234

(1)

Exceptions to the Principle of the Freedom of the High Seas

235

(11)

Jurisdiction over Ships on the High Seas

246

(1)

Oil Pollution Casualties, `Pirate' Radio and Terrorism

247

(2)

The Seabed and Ocean Floor beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction

249

(6)

PART V COMMON AMENITIES AND CO-OPERATION IN THE USE OF RESOURCES

Common Amenities and Co-Operation in the use of Resources

255

(28)

Introduction

255

(1)

Economic Aid

256

(2)

Access to Resources: The Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy

258

(1)

Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas

258

(3)

Antarctica

261

(1)

Outer Space

262

(5)

International Rivers

267

(5)

Canals

272

(4)

Straits

276

(5)

Land-locked States and Enclaves

281

(2)

Legal Aspects of the Protection of the Environment

283

(6)

Introductory: the Relevant Legal Categories

283

(1)

The Relevance of Existing Principles of General International Law

284

(1)

Deficiencies in the Use of the Adversarial System of State Responsibility

284

(1)

Emergent Legal Principles

285

(1)

The Importance and Role of Multilateral Standard-Setting Conventions

286

(1)

The Concept of Sustainable Development

287

(1)

Evaluation

287

(2)

PART VI STATE JURISDICTION

Sovereignty and Equality of States

289

(12)

General

289

(1)

Sovereignty and the Application of Rules

290

(1)

Sovereignty and Competence

291

(1)

Membership of Organizations

292

(1)

The Reserved Domain of Domestic Jurisdiction

293

(1)

Article 2, Paragraph 7, of the United Nations Charter

294

(3)

International Tribunals and the Plea of Domestic Jurisdiction

297

(4)

Jurisdictional Competence

301

(24)

In General

301

(1)

Civil Jurisdiction

302

(1)

Criminal Jurisdiction

303

(6)

The Relations of the Separate Principles

309

(1)

Extra-territorial Enforcement Measures

310

(2)

A General View of the Law

312

(6)

Cognate Questions, Including Extradition

318

(2)

Special Cases of Concurrent Jurisdiction

320

(5)

Privileges and Immunities of Foreign States

325

(24)

Introductory

325

(1)

The Distinction between Non-justiciability and Immunity as a Jurisdictional Bar

326

(2)

The Rationale of Jurisdictional Immunity

328

(1)

State Immunity: Controversy over its Extent

329

(3)

The Current Legal Position

332

(3)

The Modalities of Restrictive Immunity

335

(4)

The European Converntion on State Immunity

339

(1)

The United Kingdom State Immunity Act

340

(3)

Waiver of Immunity

343

(1)

Political Subdivisions and State Agencies

344

(2)

Attachment and Seizure in Execution

346

(1)

Treaty Provisions

347

(1)

Specialized Privileges and Immunities

348

(1)

Diplomatic and Consular Relations

349

(20)

Diplomatic Relations: Introductory

349

(1)

General Legal Aspects of Diplomatic Relations

350

(2)

Staff, Premises, and Facilities of Missions

352

(4)

Inviolability of Missions

356

(2)

Inviolability of Diplomatic Agents

358

(1)

Personal Immunities from Local Jurisdiction

359

(2)

Immunity from Jurisdiction for Official Acts (Ratione Materiae)

361

(1)

Immunities from Appllication of Certain Local Laws

362

(1)

Some other Aspects of Immunity

362

(2)

Consular Relations

364

(3)

Special Missions

367

(1)

The Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons

367

(2)

Reservations from Territorial Sovereignty

369

(16)

Territorial Privileges by Concession

369

(11)

Other Restrictions on Territorial Supremacy

380

(1)

External Imposition of Governmental Functions without the Consent of the Soverign

380

(1)

The Regulation of Rights

381

(4)

PART VII RULES OF ATTRIBUTION (APART FROM TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY AND STATE JURISDICTION)

The Relations of Nationality

385

(40)

The Doctrine of the Freedom of States in Matters of Nationality

385

(3)

Opinions of Governments on the Issue of Autonomy

388

(2)

The Convention Concerning Certain Questions Relating to the Conflict of Nationality Laws

390

(1)

Nationality Rules Commonly Adopted by States

390

(7)

Legal Status of the `General Principles'

397

(2)

The Logical Application of Rules of International Law

399

(2)

State Responsibility and the Doctrine of the Genuine Link

401

(2)

Nationality of Claims

403

(3)

Diplomatic Protection

406

(1)

Nationality by Estoppel

407

(2)

Compulsory Change of Nationality

409

(1)

The Functional Approach to Nationality

410

(1)

The Principle of Effective Link and the Judgment in the Nottebohm Case

411

(14)

Some Rules of Attribution: Corporations and Specific Assets

425

(10)

General Aspects

425

(1)

Corporations

425

(3)

Ships

428

(2)

Aircraft

430

(2)

Space Objects

432

(1)

Property in General

432

(1)

Assets of International Organizations

433

(2)

PART VIII THE LAW OF RESPONSIBILITY

The Responsibility of States

435

(44)

The Relations of the Subject

435

(1)

The Basis and Nature of State Responsibility

436

(3)

Boundaries of Responsibility

439

(1)

Objective Responsibility

440

(3)

Culpa

443

(1)

Interntion and Motive

444

(1)

The Individuality of Issues: the Corfu channel Case

445

(1)

Liability for Lawful Acts. Abuse of Rights

446

(3)

Responsibility for the Acts of State Organs, Officials, Revolutionaries, and Others

449

(8)

Agency and Joint Tortfeasors

457

(3)

The Types of Damage and the Forms and Functions of Reparation

460

(6)

Compensation, Damages (Dommages-Interets)

466

(1)

Justifications

467

(2)

The Nature of a Legal Interest: Locus Standi

469

(7)

Causes of Action

476

(3)

The Admissibility of State Claims

479

(32)

Introductory

479

(1)

Diplomatic Negotiations

480

(1)

Legal Disputes

480

(1)

Absence of a Legal Interest of the Plaintiff

481

(1)

Diplomatic Protection: The Nationality of Claims

482

(14)

Exhaustion of Local Remedies

496

(10)

Extinctive Prescription

506

(1)

Waiver of Claims

507

(1)

Other Grounds of Inadmissibility

508

(1)

Counter-Claims

509

(1)

Foreign Acts of State in Municipal Courts

509

(2)

Some Incidents of Illegality and The Concept of jus Cogens

511

(10)

The Varying Content of Illegality

511

(1)

Objective Consequences of Illegal Events

512

(1)

General Wrongs: Abuse of State Competence

512

(1)

Ex Injuria Non Oritur Jus

513

(1)

Jus Congens

514

(3)

The Obligation of Putting and End to an Illegal Situation

517

(4)

PART IX THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS

Injury to the Persons and Property of Aliens on State Territory

521

(36)

State and Individual

521

(1)

Admission, Expulsion, and Liabilities of Aliens

522

(2)

General Principles

524

(2)

The Standard of National Treatment

526

(1)

The International Minimum Standard

527

(1)

The Two Standards in Perspective

528

(3)

Relevant Forms of Delictual Responsibility

531

(1)

Denial of Justice

531

(2)

Expropriation of Foreign Property

533

(2)

The Compensation Rule

535

(3)

The Principle of National Treatment

538

(1)

Control of Major National Resources

539

(1)

Expropriation Unlawful per se

540

(2)

The General Assembly Resolution of 1962 on Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources

542

(2)

The Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States

544

(2)

Conclusions on Expropriation

546

(2)

Legal Devices Adopted by Investors and Hosts to Foreign Capital

548

(1)

Breaches and Annulment of State Contracts

549

(5)

Stabilization Clauses

554

(3)

The Protection of Individuals and Groups: Human Rights and Self-Determination

557

(50)

Sovereignty and Domestic Jurisdiction

557

(1)

Rights Conferred by Treaty

558

(1)

The Individual and the State

559

(4)

Nationality and the Concept of Territory

563

(2)

The Individual and International Criminal Responsibility

565

(3)

International Protection of Human Rights

568

(13)

Other Developments

581

(3)

The Individual before Tribunals Exercising International Jurisdiction

584

(15)

The Principle of Self-Determination

599

(3)

The Standard of Non-discrimination

602

(3)

Evaluation and Synthesis

605

(2)

PART X INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS

The Law of Treaties

607

(34)

Introductory

607

(3)

Conclusion of Treaties

610

(1)

Reservations

610

(6)

Entry into Force, Deposit, and Registration

616

(1)

Invalidity of Treaties

617

(3)

Withdrawal, Termination and Suspension of Treaties

620

(6)

Invalidity, Termination, and Suspension: General Rules

626

(1)

Application and Effects of Treaties

627

(3)

Amendment and Modification of Treaties

630

(1)

Interpretation of Treaties

631

(7)

Classification of Treaties

638

(1)

Participation in General Multilateral Treaties

639

(2)

Other Transactions including Agency and Representation

641

(8)

Informal Agreements

641

(1)

Quasi-legislative Acts

641

(1)

Unilateral Acts

642

(3)

Estoppel

645

(2)

Agency and Representation

647

(2)

PART XI TRANSMISSION OF RIGHTS AND DUTIES

State Succession

649

(24)

State Succession as a Category

649

(1)

The Pre-emption of Problems by Treaty, Acquiesence, and Estoppel

650

(1)

Territorial Sovereignty and Domestic Jurisdiction

651

(5)

The Interaction of Rules of Law

656

(1)

Particular Legal Issues

656

(12)

Relevance of the Political Form of Territorial Change

668

(2)

The Disintegration of Federal States

670

(1)

Doctrine of Reversion

670

(3)

Other Cases of Transmission of Rights and Duties

673

(4)

Succession between International Organizations

673

(2)

Cases of Agency

675

(1)

Assignment

675

(2)

PART XII INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND TRIBUNALS

International Organizations

677

(26)

Introductory

677

(1)

Legal Personality

678

(3)

Performance of Acts in the Law

681

(6)

Interpretation of the Constituent Instrument: Inherent and Implied Powers

687

(2)

Relations with Member States

689

(2)

The Functional Concept of Membership

691

(1)

Relations with States not Members

691

(2)

Relation to Municipal Law

693

(301)

Law-Making by Organizations

694

(2)

Control of Acts of Organizations

696

(7)

The Judicial Settlement of International Disputes

703

(28)

Peaceful Settlement in General

703

(1)

Arbitration

704

(1)

Permanent Court of Arbitration

705

(1)

Codes of Arbitral Procedure

706

(1)

Judicial Settlement

707

(2)

The Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice

709

(2)

Organization of the Court

711

(2)

Jurisdiction of the Court in Contentious Cases

713

(3)

Heads of Jurisdiction

716

(9)

The Advisory Jurisdiction of the Court

725

(3)

An Evaluation of the Court

728

(3)

Index

731

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