PO333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Peremptory Norm, Opinio Juris Sive Necessitatis, Cogeneration
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The closest analogy to legislation that international law has to offer"- introductory note, chpt. Drawing back to the reality of the international relations; that we live under the westphalia system/sovereign state. Vienna convention on the law of treaties (1969) The present convention applies to treaties between states. This treaty adheres to the westphalian system, its provision are reflected of those four dominant norms. For the purpose of the present convention. Treaty means an international agreement concluded between states written form and governed by international law, whether embodies in a single instrument or two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation. It is a reiteration of the realist approach to international order and international law. The fact that the present convention does not apply to international law or between such other subjects of international law or between such other subjects of international or to international agreements not written form, shall not affect.
