Bound By Convention

Author : David Owens
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192649485
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bound by Convention written by David Owens and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should we assess the social structures that govern human conduct and settle whether we are bound by their rules? One approach is to ask whether those social arrangements (e.g. our family structures) reflect pre-conventional facts about our nature. If they do, compliance will serve our interests because these rules are not just conventions. Another approach is to ask whether following a convention has desirable consequences. For example, the rule which makes the dollar bill legal tender is a convention and the great usefulness of having a medium of exchange ensures that we should follow that convention by accepting paper money in return for things of real value. This work argues that being bound by a convention can also be valuable for its own sake. People need meaning in their lives and conventions infuse acts and attitudes with normative significance, rendering them right or wrong, appropriate or inappropriate, required or forbidden. Such rules bind us not just in virtue of their usefulness but also because their absence would impoverish our social world. Appreciating this point is essential to a proper understanding of our cultures of neighbourliness and hospitality, family structures, systems of property rights, conventions around speech, the norms governing how we deport ourselves in public, and even the rules of a game.

Author : Jill Barrett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107111900
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Good Treaty Practice written by Jill Barrett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aims to provide a useful analytical tool and practical guidance on good treaty practice. It will be of interest to those working with treaties and treaty procedures in governments, international organisations, and legal practice, as well as legal academics and students wishing to gain insight into the realities of treaty practice.

Author : David Owens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780192649478
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bound by Convention written by David Owens and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work argues that being bound by a social convention can be valuable for its own sake. People need meaning in their lives, and conventions infuse our acts and attitudes with significance, rendering them right or wrong. Such rules bind us not just in virtue of their usefulness but also because their absence would impoverish our social world.

Author : Mark Eugen Villiger
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004168044
Total Pages : 1093 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commentary on the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties written by Mark Eugen Villiger and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 1093 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, regulating treaties between States, lies at the heart of international law. This commentary interprets the Conventiona (TM)s 85 articles clearly and precisely. It covers such major topics as reservations to treaties, their interpretation and the grounds for terminating a treaty, for instance breach. Emphasis is placed on the practice of States and tribunals and on academic writings. It contains further sections on customary international law and the Conventiona (TM)s history while providing up-to-date information on ratifications and reservations. This commentary is a must for practitioners and academics wishing to establish the meaning and scope of the provisions of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

Author : Oliver Dörr
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3662551608
Total Pages : 1535 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties written by Oliver Dörr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 1535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Commentary on the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties provides an in-depth article-by-article analysis of all of the Vienna Convention’s provisions. Each provision’s analysis consists of (I) Purpose and Function of the Article, (II) Historical Background with Negotiating History, (III) Elements of the Article and finally (IV) Treaties of International Organizations. In short, the present Commentary contains a comprehensive legal analysis of all aspects of the international law of treaties. Furthermore, where the law of treaties reaches into other fields of international law, e.g. the law of state responsibility, the relevant interfaces are discussed and contextualized. With its focus on international practice, the Commentary is an invaluable reference for both academia and practitioners of international law.

Author : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of International Law
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hague Convention (XIII) of 1907 Concerning the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers in Naval War written by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of International Law and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mahnoush H. Arsanjani
Publisher : American Chemical Society
ISBN 13 : 0199588910
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Law of Treaties Beyond the Vienna Convention written by Mahnoush H. Arsanjani and published by American Chemical Society. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the law of treaties based on the interplay between the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties and customary international law. Written by a team of renowned international lawyers, it offers new insight into the basic concepts and methodology of the law of treaties and its problems.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1542 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : American Railway Engineering Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1476 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Railway Engineering Association written by American Railway Engineering Association and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in v. 1-10.

Author : Roger O'Keefe
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019163221X
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property written by Roger O'Keefe and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State immunity, the idea that a state, including its individual organs, officials and other emanations, may not be proceeded against in the courts of another state in certain instances, has long been and remains a source of international controversy. Although customary international law no longer recognizes the absolute immunity of states from foreign judicial process, the evolution of the contemporary notion of restrictive state immunity over the past fifty years has been an uncoordinated and contested process, leading to disputes between states. The adoption, in 2004, of the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property has significantly contributed to reaching consensus among states on this fundamental question of international law. This book provides article-by-article commentary on the text of the Convention, complemented by a small number of cross-cutting chapters highlighting general issues beyond the scope of any single provision, such as the theoretical underpinnings of state immunity, the distinction between immunity from suit and immunity from execution, the process leading to the adoption of the Convention, and the general understanding that the Convention does not extend to criminal matters. It presents a systematic analysis of the Convention, taking into account its drafting history, relevant state practice (including the considerable number of national statutes and judicial decisions on state immunity), and any international judicial or arbitral decisions on point.