Treaties in Motion

Auteur

Malgosia Fitzmaurice is Professor of International Law at the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London and an associate member of the Institut de Droit International. She has delivered lectures at The Hague Academy of International Law, was involved in a multi stakeholder project funded by the EU Commission on environmental crime, is Editor in Chief of International Community Law Review journal (ICLR) and Queen Mary Studies in International Law, and has advised as expert on law of treaties.

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The book examines treaty law from the angle of types of motion, combining theory with practical examples and empirical data.

Résumé
The book examines law of treaties from the angle of different types of motion, and offers a combination of theoretical analysis supplemented with practical examples and empirical data. It covers all possible stages in the 'life-cycle' of a treaty, from its genesis to its eventual destruction.

Contenu

1. Introduction; 2. Treaty genesis: concept of a treaty in international law, including its formation and motion; 3. Consent to be bound: The force behind the motion of treaties; 4. Treaty interpretation and its rules: of motion through time, 'Time-Will' and 'Time-Bubbles'; 5. Amendment/Modification/Revision of treaties: motion as change; 6. Treaties and their phthora: Withdrawing from and terminating/suspending treaties; 7. Concluding remarks.