The Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment and Its Contribution to the Development of International Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42866-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 507 g

Reihe: International Environmental Law

The Gabcíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment is among the most influential pronouncements of the International Court of Justice. While the Court took an unusual approach to settling this dispute, it also adopted important stances on a number of complex issues of sustainable development and delicate problems of ‘general’ international law. It significantly contributed to the elucidation and consolidation of many rules pertaining to the law of treaties, the law of international responsibility, and their mutual relationship. The Gabcíkovo-Nagymaros Judgment and its Contribution to the Development of International Law offers a comprehensive analysis of both the management of this case and the substantive legal issues at stake. It also reappraises the Court’s findings in light of subsequent developments in the international legal order, focusing on the role of the ‘World Court’ in fostering such developments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forlati, Serena

Mbengue, Makane Moïse

McGarry, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Part 1: The Case

1 The Gabcíkovo-Nagymaros Case: a Personal Recollection

Alain Pellet

2 The Gabcíkovo-Nagymaros Project: the Background of the Case

Malgosia Fitzmaurice

3 Canonical Cross-Referencing in the Making of the Law of International Responsibility

Jean d’Aspremont

Part 2: The Law of Treaties

4 Introduction to Part 2

Laura Pineschi

5 The Pacta Sunt Servanda Principle or the Limits of Interpretation: the Gabcíkovo-Nagymaros Case Revisited

Christina Binder and Jane A Hofbauer

6 Termination of Treaties: the Contribution of the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Judgment

Panos Merkouris

Part 3: International Responsibility

7 Introduction to Part 3

Alessandra Gianelli

8 The Relationship between the Law of Treaties and the Law of International Responsibility

Serena Forlati

9 Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness

Pierre Bodeau-Livinec

10 Of Restoring Compliance, Lex Specialis and Intersecting Wrongs

Loris Marotti and Paolo Palchetti

Part 4: The Law of Sustainable Development

11 Introduction to Part 4

Laurence Boisson de Chazournes

12 On Sustainable Development: a Conversation with Judge Weeramantry

Makane Moïse Mbengue

13 Vigilance and Prevention

Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli

14 Norms, Standards, and the Elusive Nomenclature of the Gabcíkovo–Nagymaros Judgment

Brian McGarry

15 Concluding Remarks: the Legacy of a Landmark Case

Attila Tanzi

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Serena Forlati, LLM (1993, Bruges), PhD (1998, Sapienza University of Rome), is Professor of International Law at the University of Ferrara. Among her research interests are the law of treaties and the international judicial function, specifically of the ICJ.

Makane Moïse Mbengue is Professor of International Law at the Faculty Law of the University of Geneva and Affiliate Professor at Sciences Po Paris (School of Law). He acts as Counsel in disputes before the International Court of Justice.

Brian McGarry is Assistant Professor at Leiden University’s Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies. His PhD, The theory and practice of intervention before the International Court of Justice, received the University of Geneva’s 2019 prize for best thesis in law.