1st Edition
Revival: Legitimacy Deficit in Custom: Towards a Deconstructionist Theory (2001) Towards a Deconstructionist Theory
By Ben Chiagra
Copyright 2001
386 Pages
by
Routledge
386 Pages
by
Routledge
386 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2001. A discussion of customary international law (CIL). Throughout the study particular values are examined for their potential effect on the legitimacy of the process of custom. The writer argues that, in order to achieve legitimacy enhancing transparency in the process of custom, it must be acknowledged first that the power applied by international tribunals... Read more
1: Juridification of Custom; 2: International Organisation and Custom: From 1920 to Contemporary Perspectives; 3: Legitimacy Deficit in Article 38(1)(b)’s Jurisprudence; 4: Deconstructionism, Normative Theory and Custom; 5: Inauguration of New Norms of Customary Law in the Corfu Channel Case 1; 6: Custom and State Objection to Nascent Norms of Customary Law; 7: Twining Custom with Treaty — North Sea Continental Shelf Cases 1; 8: Conclusions
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Ben Chiagra






