Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Peremptory norms as international public order
  • The identification of peremptory norms
  • Distinctive characteristics of peremptory norms
  • Concepts cognate to jus cogens
  • Sources and modification of peremptory norms
  • The effect of jus cogens in the law of treaties
  • Peremptory norms and the validity of the actions of states
  • Remedies for breaches of peremptory norms
  • Peremptory norms and the allocation of jurisdiction to states
  • Peremptory norms and state immunity
  • Problems of subsequent validation of breaches of jus cogens
  • The nature and scope of jus cogens limitations on the Security Council's powers
  • The normative conflict between a Security Council resolution and jus cogens : the practice of the Security Council
  • Legal consequences of the conflict of a security council resolution with peremptory norms
  • Peremptory norms and international judicial jurisdiction
  • Jus cogens and the standing to bring judicial claims
  • The impact of jus cogens on friendly settlement and discontinuance of cases
  • Techniques of interaction of international jus cogens with national law
  • Peremptory norms and acts of foreign states in private international law 561.