ECON-1006EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Nagymaros, Force Majeure, Nicaragua V. United States

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State: responsibility : fault/blame attributable to an actor for breach of an responsibility international law obligation, primary rules : impose rights & obligations, secondary rules : consequences of breach of primary rules, relevant legislation : Ilc"s articles on the responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts 2001 (arsiwa) Logic of arsiwa : (1) attribution of conduct to a state (2) breach of international obligation. : we have to know which state first to know which international law were applicable (and following that, we know what the breach is) : different rules apply to different states: circumstances precluding wrongfulness : Force majeure: content and consequences : reparation and breach of peremptory norms. Reparation : pcij chroz w factory [1928] : must restore the status quo as much as possible. Erga omnes (?: countermeasure, attribution of the conduct to a state can happen if : An organ of the state was involved : legislative, judicial, executive (and others?)