LAWS259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Full Powers, Provisional Application, Multilateral Treaty
14 Jul 2020
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Readings: brownlie chapter 16, vienna convention on the law of treaties. Many international disputes are concerned with the interpretation and effects of treaties, and much of the practical content of state relations is embodied in and structured by treaties. Since 1949 the ilc has concerned itself with the law of treaties, in 1966 it adopted a set of 75 draft articles these formed the basis for the 1969 vienna convention on the. Law of treaties (vclt) which entered into force on 27 january 1980. The convention was adopted by a very substantial majority at the vienna conference and covers the main areas of the law of treaties. Reference to other subjects" of the law was designed to provide for treaties concluded by international organisations, the holy see, and other international entities. The final draft however only refers to states. Some treaties dispositive of territory and rights in relation to territory are like conveyances.
