POL340Y1 Lecture 2: June-2nd-lecture
23 Dec 2016
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What is a treaty?, treaty-making practice, reservations, amendment, performance-pacta sunt servanda, termination/suspension, invalidity idea of consent-as the fundamental principle for treaties. International customs, as evidence of general practice accepted as law. General principles of law recognized by civilized nations. Judicial decisions and teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law. Nomenclature: treaty or charter, convenant, convention, protocol, agreement, exchange of notes/letters, statute, others. Vienna convention on the law of treaties: Practice of state concluding ir treaties, until recently came together to codify rules, reflective of longstanding opino juris and state practice=requirements for customary , it is a codification of preexisting practices that were legally binding. Article 1-scope of the present convention-applies to treaties between states. 1. (a) v. c. only applies to written in oral, Every state possesses capacity to conclude treaties states- vclt art.
