The fundamental rules of the international legal order :  Jus Cogens and obligations Erga Omnes / 
edited by Christian Tomuschat and Jean Marc Thouvenin. 
 - 471 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Foreword /  L'identification des regles fondamentales - un probleme resolu? /  Jus Cogens, obligations Erga Omnes and other rules - the identification of fundamental norms /  An example of Jus Cogens : the status of prisoners of war /  Un example remarquable d'application du jus cogens, le statut de prisonnier de guerre /  Ius cogens and the law of treaties /  The duty not to 'recognize as lawful' a situation created by the illegal use of force or other serious breaches of a Jus Cogens obligation : an obligation without real substance? /  L'obligation de non-reconnaissance des situations crees par le recours illicite a la force ou d'autres actes enfreignant des regles fondamentales /  La specificite des reparations pour crimes internationaux /  Do damages claims arising from Jus Cogens violations override state immunity from the jurisdiction of foreign courts? /  L'immunite des etats /  Limits of international law immunities for senior state officials in criminal procedure /  The right of third states to take countermeasures /  Special jurisdiction of the ICJ in the case of infringements of fundamental rules of the international legal order? /  La saisine de la Cour internationale de Justice en cas de violation des regles fondamentales de l'ordre juridique international /  Violations of fundamental norms of international law and the exercise of universal jurisdiction in criminal matters /  La competence universelle en matiere penale /  Universal jurisdiction in the area of private law - the alien tort claims act /  Competence civile universelle et droit international general /  Conclusions /  Reconceptualizing the debate on Jus Cogens and obligations Erga Omnes - concluding observations /  Christian Tomuschat and Jean-Marc Thouvenin --  Paul Tavernier --  Stefan Kadelbach --  Stefanie Schmahl --  Philippe Weckel --  Wladyslaw Czaplinski --  Stefan Talmon --  Theodore Christakis --  Elisabeth Lambert-Abdelgawad --  Thomas Giegerich --  Isabelle Pingel --  Torsten Stein --  Christian Hillgruber --  Matthias Ruffert --  Jean-Marc Thouvenin --  Andreas Zimmermann --  Michel Cosnard --  Georg Nolte --  Jean-Francois Flauss --  Alain Pellet --  Christian Tomuschat.  Ch. I.  Ch. II.  Ch. III.  Ch. IV.  Ch. V.  Ch. VI.  Ch. VII.  Ch. VIII.  Ch. IX.  Ch. X.  Ch. XI.  Ch. XII.  Ch. XIII.  Ch. XIV.  Ch. XV.  Ch. XVI.  Ch. XVII.  Ch. XVIII.  Ch. XIX.  Ch. XX. 
<br/><br/><br/>In French and English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9004149813 9789004149816 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006271154 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Jus cogens (International law)<br/>International obligations<br/>International law--Moral and ethical aspects<br/>Customary law, International
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KZ1261  / .F86 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>341.1