The Juridical Nature of Unilateral Acts of States in International Law
In: Queen Mary Studies in International Law
The Juridical Nature of Unilateral Acts of States in International Law -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Treaties -- Table of Legislation -- Table of Other Documents -- Introduction -- 1 Purpose of the Present Study -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Contribution to International Legal Scholarship -- 4 Scope and Delimitation of the Study -- 5 Structure -- 1: Prolegomena to a Discussion of Unilateral Juridical Acts in International Law -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Canvas: Unilateral Acts in International State and Judicial Practice -- 3 The Problem of the Interplay between Unilateral Acts and the Recognized Sources of International Law -- 3.1 Sources of International Law and Art. 38.1 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice -- 3.2 The Problematic Relation between the Source/s of the Binding Force of Unilateral Acts and Art. 38.1 of the icj Statute: Some Examples from Judicial Practice -- A The Enigma of the Ihlen Declaration in the Context of the Eastern Greenland Case -- B The Enigma of the Statements made by France in the Context of the Nuclear Tests Case -- 3.3 Overview of the Relevant Literature -- A Deniers: Rubin and Thirlway -- B Believers: Pellet and Virally -- 4 The Unresolved Problem of the Legal Nature of Unilateral Acts -- 5 Conclusion -- 2: Classification of Unilateral Acts -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Difficulties of Classifying Unilateral Acts -- 3 Review of the Systems of Classification of Unilateral Acts to be Found in the Literature -- 3.1 Unilateral Acts from the Standpoint of Their Content -- 3.2 Unilateral Acts from the Standpoint of Their Legal Effects -- 3.3 The Problems of the Aforementioned Systems of Classification -- 3.4 Unilateral Acts from the Standpoint of the Legal Context in Which They Occur or of the Purpose They Serve -- 4 Conclusion
