Conceptual and Contextual Perspectives on the Modern Law of Treaties

1171 Pages·2018·6.396 MB·English

by  Michael J. Bowman (editor), Dino Kritsiotis (editor)

CONCEPTUAL AND CONTEXTUAL
PERSPECTIVES ON THE MODERN
LAW OF TREATIES
InrecentyearstherehasbeenaflourishingbodyofworkontheLawof
Treaties, crucial for all fields within public international law. However,
scholarship on modern treaty law falls into two distinct strands which
have not previously been effectively synthesized. One concerns the
investigation of concepts which are fundamental to or inherent in the
lawoftreatiesgenerally—suchasconsent,objectandpurpose,breachof
obligationandprovisionalapplication—whiletheotherfocusesuponthe
application of treaties and of treaty law in particular substantive (e.g.
human rights, international humanitarian law, investment protection,
environmental regulation) or institutional contexts (including the
Security Council, the World Health Organization, the International
LabourOrganizationandtheWorldTradeOrganization).Thisvolume
represents the culmination of a series of collaborative explorations by
leadingexpertsintotheoperation,developmentandeffectivenessofthe
modernlawoftreaties,asviewedthroughthesecontrastingperspectives.
michael bowman is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the
TreatyCentreattheUniversityofNottingham.
dino kritsiotis isProfessorofPublicInternationalLawandHeadof
the International Humanitarian Law Unit in the Human Rights Law
CentreattheUniversityofNottingham.

C O N C E P T U A L A N D
C O N T E X T U A L
P E R S P E C T I V E S O N T H E
M O D E R N L A W O F
T R E A T I E S
Edited by
MICHAEL BOWMAN
UniversityofNottingham
DINO KRITSIOTIS
UniversityofNottingham
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CONTENTS
ListofContributors pageviii
ForewordbyBrunoSimma xiii
PrefaceandAcknowledgements xvii
ListofAbbreviations xix
1 Introduction:TheInterplayofConcept,Contextand
ContentintheModernLawofTreaties 1
michael bowman and dino kritsiotis
2 A‘Modern’LawofTreaties? 22
frank berman
3 TreatieswithintheHistoryofInternationalLaw 43
randall lesaffer
PART I ConceptualPerspectives 77
4 Typologiesandthe‘EssentialJuridicalCharacter’of
Treaties 79
catherine bro¨lmann
5 TheEndsofConsent 103
matthew craven
6 Treatiesas‘LivingInstruments’ 136
daniel moeckli and nigel d. white
7 TreatiesandTheirPreambles 172
jan klabbers
8 ThePrincipleofPrivity 201
michael waibel
9 TheObjectandPurposeofaTreaty’sObjectand
Purpose 237
dino kritsiotis
v
vi contents
10 ProvisionalApplicationofTreatiesandtheInternal
Logicofthe1969ViennaConvention 303
anneliese quast mertsch
11 CharacteristicsoftheViennaConventionRuleson
TreatyInterpretation 335
richard gardiner
12 SubsequentPracticeandTreatyModification 363
irina buga
13 TreatyObligations,UniversalizedNormsand
DifferentiatedResponsibilities 392
michael bowman
14 RegulatingTreatyBreaches 440
christian j. tams
15 TerritoryandItsRelationshiptoTreaties 468
barbara miltner
PART II ContextualPerspectives 507
16 HumanRights 509
christine m. chinkin
17 LawofWar/LawofArmedConflict/International
HumanitarianLaw 538
franc¸oise j. hampson
18 Disarmament 578
lisa tabassi and olufemi elias
19 InternationalCriminalLaw 621
elizabeth wilmshurst
20 InternationalInvestmentLaw 653
julian davis mortenson
21 InternationalEnvironmentalLaw 677
duncan french and karen n. scott
22 InternationalLawoftheSea 710
david m. ong
contents vii
23 TheLawofTreaties,theLawofStateResponsibility
andtheNon-performanceofTreatyObligations:
AViewfromtheCaseLaw 748
malgosia fitzmaurice
24 SecurityCouncilResolution687(1991) 790
michael wood
25 TheWorldTradeOrganization 809
joost pauwelyn and isabelle van damme
26 TheInternationalLabourOrganization 848
anne trebilcock
27 TheWorldHealthOrganization 881
egle granziera and steven a. solomon
28 TheInternationalMaritimeOrganization 907
dorota lost-sieminska
29 TheEuropeanUnion 933
panos koutrakos
30 TheCouncilofEurope 966
jeremy mcbride
PART III FinalReflections 1005
31 TakingStock:WheretheModernLawofTreatiesGoes
fromHere 1007
michael bowman and dino kritsiotis
32 TheInterplayofConcept,ContextandContentin
theModernLawofTreaties:FinalReflections 1031
michael bowman
Index 1100
CONTRIBUTORS
frank berman kcmg qc Barrister and international arbitrator;
formerly Legal Adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, United
Kingdom; Visiting Professor of International Law, University of
Oxford and University of Cape Town; Member of the Permanent
CourtofArbitration.
michael bowman Associate Professor of Law, University of
Nottingham;DirectoroftheTreatyCentre,UniversityofNottingham.
catherine bro¨lmann Associate Professor of Law, Amsterdam
CenterforInternationalLaw,UniversityofAmsterdam.
irina buga Associate in International Arbitration at De Brauw
BlackstoneWestbroek,Amsterdam.
christine m. chinkin EmeritaProfessor of International Law and
DirectoroftheCentreonWomen,PeaceandSecurity,LondonSchoolof
EconomicsandPoliticalScience.
matthew craven ProfessorofInternationalLawandDirectorofthe
Centre for the Study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law,
SchoolofAfrican&OrientalStudies,UniversityofLondon.
olufemi elias Legal Adviser and Director, Organization for the
Prohibition ofChemical Weapons; Visiting Professorof Law, School of
Law,QueenMaryUniversityofLondon.
malgosia fitzmaurice Professor of Public International Law,
SchoolofLaw,QueenMaryUniversityofLondon.
viii
list of contributors ix
duncan french ProfessorofInternationalLawandHeadofLincoln
LawSchool,UniversityofLincoln.
richard gardiner Visiting Professor of Law, Faculty of Laws,
UniversityCollegeLondon.
egle granziera Legal Officer, Governing Bodies and International
Law,OfficeoftheLegalCounsel,WorldHealthOrganization.
franc¸oise j. hampson ProfessorEmerita,UniversityofEssex.
jan klabbersAcademyProfessor(MarttiAhtisaariChair),University
of Helsinki; Visiting Research Professor at Erasmus Law School,
Rotterdam.
panos koutrakos Professor of European Union Law and Jean
MonnetProfessorofEuropeanUnionLaw,CityUniversityLondon.
dino kritsiotis ProfessorofPublicInternationalLaw,Universityof
Nottingham;HeadoftheInternationalHumanitarianLawUnit,Human
RightsLawCentre,UniversityofNottingham.
randall lesaffer Professor of Legal History, Tilburg University
andUniversityofLeuven.
dorota lost-sieminska Head, Legal Affairs Office of the
InternationalMaritimeOrganization,London.
jeremy mcbride Barrister, Monckton Chambers, London; Visiting
Professor,CentralEuropeanUniversity,Budapest.
barbara miltner Wydick Fellow, University of California Davis
SchoolofLaw.
daniel moeckli AssistantProfessorofPublicInternationalLawand
ConstitutionalLaw,UniversityofZurich.
julian davis mortenson ProfessorofLaw,UniversityofMichigan
LawSchool.