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Necessity and national emergency clauses : sovereignty in modern treaty interpretation /

Desierto, Diane A.

Necessity and national emergency clauses : sovereignty in modern treaty interpretation / Diane A. Desierto. - Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2012. - xx, 411 p. ; 25 cm. - International litigation in practice, v. 3 1874-0502 ; .

Introduction : necessity and treaty obligations -- The doctrine of necessity in municipal and international legal orders -- The historical genesis of necessity doctrine : a conceptual descriptive -- Substantive and methodological issues in interpreting necessity clauses in treaties : a proposal -- Economic and national security emergencies : necessity clauses in international investment law and international trade law -- States of emergency in international human rights treaties -- Misapplying necessity : recent proposals in jus ad bellum and jus in bello -- Conclusion : necessity, sovereignty, and treaty interpretation.

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Necessity (International law)
Treaties--Interpretation and construction.
Clauses (Law)
Sovereignty.

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