The persistent objector rule in international law / James A. Green.
2016
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Title
The persistent objector rule in international law / James A. Green.
Published
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Call Number
KZ3410 .G74 2016
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780198704218 (hbk.)
0198704216 (hbk.)
0198704216 (hbk.)
Description
xxii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)920450497
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-311) and index.
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Table of Contents
Table of Cases
xv
Table of Treaties
xxi
Introduction
1
I.
Persistent Objector Rule in Doctrine: Ubiquity and Critique
3
II.
Commonly Accepted Elements of the Persistent Objector Rule
6
III.
Voluntarism: The Commonly Advanced Rationale for the Rule
8
IV.
Socio-Legal Positivist Approach
9
V.
Focus on State Practice
14
VI.
Structure of This Book
15
pt. I
ORIGIN AND LEGAL SOURCE OF THE PERSISTENT OBJECTOR RULE
1.
History and Emergence of the Persistent Objector Rule
21
I.
Emergence of the Persistent Objector Rule in Academic Writing
23
II.
Persistent Objector Rule in Pre-1945 Case Law
27
III.
Persistent Objector Rule in Pre-1945 State Practice
30
IV.
Conclusion
32
2.
Persistent Objector Rule in Case Law and State Practice Post-1945
33
I.
Persistent Objector Rule in the Decisions of Courts and Tribunals After 1945
34
II.
Persistent Objector Rule in State Practice After 1945
49
III.
Conclusion
55
pt. II
CRITERIA FOR THE OPERATION OF THE PERSISTENT OBJECTOR RULE
3.
Objection Criterion
59
I.
Objector Must Be a State
59
II.
Objection to What?
62
III.
Communication of Objection
71
IV.
Form of Objection
76
V.
Conclusion
88
4.
Persistence Criterion
91
I.
Objection Must Be Repeated
91
II.
Rationale for the Persistence Criterion
96
III.
How Persistent is `Persistent'?
98
IV.
Conclusion
106
5.
Consistency Criterion
107
I.
Objection Must Be Consistent
107
II.
Rationale for the Consistency Criterion
115
III.
`Absolute' vs. `General' Consistency
116
IV.
Silence as Inconsistency
122
V.
Substantive Consistency
130
VI.
Conclusion
133
6.
Timeliness Criterion
135
I.
Timeliness and the Subsequent Objector Rule
136
II.
Commonly Advanced Justifications for the Timeliness Criterion Are Unsatisfactory
144
III.
Pragmatic Justifications for the Timeliness Criterion and the Justifications Advanced for the Subsequent Objector Rule
145
IV.
Timeline of a Customary Norm's Development
153
V.
States That Are Unaware of the Norm's Gestation
162
VI.
States With No Interest in the Emerging Norm
167
VII.
`Instant' or `Accelerated' Customary International Law
170
VIII.
New States
173
IX.
Restrictions on When States Can Object Even Within the `Period of Emergence'?
179
X.
Continued Objection Post-Crystallization
182
XI.
Conclusion
184
pt. III
LIMITATIONS AND ROLE OF THE PERSISTENT OBJECTOR RULE
7.
Peremptory Norms and Persistent Objection
189
I.
Nature of Peremptory Norms
191
II.
Clarifying the Majority View: Peremptory Norms and the `Decay' of Persistent Objector Status
193
III.
Rationale for the Majority View on Persistent Objection and Peremptory Norms
195
IV.
Persistent Objection to Peremptory Norms in State Practice
197
V.
Persistent Objection to the Jus Cogens Project
205
VI.
Conclusion
206
8.
Maintaining Exemption: `Fundamental' Norms and Extra-Legal Factors
208
I.
De Jure Applicability of the Persistent Objector Rule to (Non-Peremptory) `Fundamental' Norms
209
II.
Difficulty in Maintaining Exemption: Extra-Legal Factors
225
III.
Conclusion
238
9.
Role and Value of the Persistent Objector Rule
239
I.
Voluntarist Theory and the Persistent Objector Rule
240
II.
Communitarian Alternative to Voluntarism and Its Perception of the Persistent Objector Rule
250
III.
Chaotic Reality of Customary International Law
252
IV.
Limits of a Theoretical Approach to Assessing the Role of the Persistent Objector Rule
255
V.
Focus on the Practical Benefits of the Rule
257
VI.
Persistent Objector Rule as a Safety Valve
260
VII.
Persistent Objector Rule and the Development of Customary International Law
264
VIII.
Role of State Perception
271
IX.
Conclusion
272
Conclusion
274
Bibliography
283
Index
313