Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens) : Disquisitions and Disputations / edited by Dire Tladi.

Acknowledgements -- Notes on Editor and Contributors -- 1 Disquisitions and Disputations -- Dire Tladi -- PART 1 -- Conceptual Issues -- 2 Peremptory Norms as a Legal Technique Rather than Substantive Super Norms -- Robert Kolb -- 3 Peremptory Norms of General International Law ( Jus Cogens ) and the Fundamental Values of the International Community -- Patrícia Galvão Teles -- 4 Jus Cogens and the International Community "of States" as a Whole -- Jean Allain -- 5 Modification of Peremptory Norms of General International Law -- Mehrdad Payandeh -- 6 Peremptory Norms and Interpretation in International Law -- Sâ Benjamin Traoré -- 7 Aspects of the Invalidity of Treaties on Account of Conflict with Jus Cogens -- Gentian Zyberi -- 8 Jus Cogens ' Preferred Sister: Obligations Erga Omnes and the International Court of Justice - Fifty Years after the Barcelona Traction Case -- Martha M Bradley -- 9 Legal Consequences of Serious Breaches of Peremptory Norms in the Law of State Responsibility: Observations in the Light of the Recent Work of the International Law Commission -- Helmut Philipp Aust -- PART 2 -- Institutions and Peremptory Norms -- 10 African State Practice and the Formation of Some Peremptory Norms of General International Law -- Tiyanjana Maluwa -- 11 Is There Any Regional Jus Cogens in Europe? The Case of the European Convention on Human Rights -- Pavel Šturma -- 12 The Treatment of Peremptory Norms of General International Law ( Jus Cogens ) in the Inter-American Human Rights System -- Juan José Ruda Santolaria -- 13 Jus Cogens and (In)application of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties in the Jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice -- Catherine Maia -- 14 The Unilateral Invocation of Jus Cogens Norms -- Michael Wood -- 15 Is the Right to Self-Determination Jus Cogens : Reflections on the Chagos Advisory Opinion -- Julia Sebutinde -- 16 Jus Cogens and Compensation -- Rosalind Elphick with John Dugard -- 17 Peremptory Norms and Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council -- Daniel Costelloe -- PART 3 -- Particular Rules and Sets of Rules -- 18 "Magic" or Smoke and Mirrors? The Gendered Illusion of Jus Cogens -- Mary H. Hansel -- 19 Ending the Splendid Isolation Jus Cogens and International Economic Law -- Makane Moïse Mbengue and Apollin Koagne Zouapet -- 20 Environmental Protection as a Peremptory Norm of General International Law: Is It Time? -- Nilufer Oral -- 21 The Prohibition of Terrorism as Jus Cogens -- Aniel de Beer -- 22 The Jus Cogens Status of the Prohibition on the Use of Force: What Is Its Scope and Why Does It Matter? -- Olivier Corten and Vaios Koutroulis -- 23 The Friendly Relations Declaration and Peremptory Norms -- Jorge E. Viñuales -- 24 The Right to Self-Determination and Peremptory Norms -- Ki-Gab Park -- 25 Sovereign Equality as a Peremptory Norm of General International Law -- Hannah Woolaver -- 26 A Jus Cogens Human Rights Exception to Head of State Immunity: Fact, Fiction or Wishful Thinking? -- Kobina Egyir Daniel -- Index.

Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens): Disquisitions and Dispositions brings together an impressive collection of authors addressing both conceptual issues and challenges relating to peremptory norms of general international. Covered themes in the edited collection include concepts relating to the identification of peremptory norms, consequences of peremptory norms, critiques of peremptory norms, the relationship between peremptory norms and particular areas of international law as well as the peremptory status of particular norms of international law. The contributions are presented from an array of scholars and experts with different perspective, thus providing an interesting mosaic of thoughts on peremptory norms. Written against the backdrop of the ongoing work of the International Law Commission, it exposes some tensions inherent in the jus cogens.