POLS 3652 Lecture Notes - Peremptory Norm, Multilateral Treaty, Budapest Treaty
16 Oct 2013
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It is of growing importance in international law and is the major instrument of cooperation in international relations. It is growing because of the particularity of the international society itself and the growing number of states: the role of treaties in international law-making includes: Treaties are a response to increasing interdependence of states. They are a solution to the controversies as to the content of customary law. 5 elements in the definition of treaty: International agreement in written form and excludes oral form: between states and excludes individual, governed by international law. The importance is not the form but the intention and consent of parties. Declaration by stephen harper in g20 was not a treaty because their intention was not to create a treaty. People gathered for the purpose to discuss economic issues instead. Conclusion of treaties: no substantive requirement of form no specific form, vclt applies only to agreements in written form".
