Kirgis Custom On A Sliding Scale

Degrees Of Self-Determination In The United Nations Era
Degrees of Self-Determination in the United Nations Era Frederic L. Kirgis Washington and Lee University School of Law, kirgisr@wlu.edu 21 See Frederic L. Kirgis, Jr., Custom on a Sliding Scale, 81 AJIL 146, 149 (1987). ... Access Full Source

Constitutionalisation At Its Best Or At Its Worst? Lessons ...
12 F. Kirgis, ‘Custom on a Sliding Scale’, 81 AJIL, p 146; norm of customary international law were the opinions expressed by the ICRC. Though it is the most important non-governmental organisation in the field of international humanitarian law with ... View Document

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F.L. Kirgis, ‘Custom on a Sliding Scale’ (1987) 81 American Journal of International Law 146 M. Akehurst, ‘Custom as a Source of International Law’ (1974-5) British Year Book of International Law 1 . 4 ... Retrieve Full Source

Conceptual Confusion And Methodological Deficiencies: Some ...
Frederic Kirgis’ sliding scale theory, various forms of rational choice theory, Brian Lepard’s and Guzman’s subjective approaches, 1 See Kirgis, ‘Custom on a Sliding Scale’, 81 American Journal of International Law (AJIL) (1987) 146; J.L. ... Visit Document

1. Introduction
Similar methodology as set out by Kirgis has been occasionally utilised in discovering customary international criminal law, especially by 5 Kirgis, Frederick L. Jr., „Custom on a Sliding Scale‟, 81 American Journal of International Law (1987) 146; Roberts, ... Fetch This Document

The Peremptory Norms Of The International Community
Described as a ‘sliding scale’.7 The issue remains: why is one norm weightier or more fundamental than another? Further problems remain. A sense of permanence in time 7 Kirgis, ‘Custom as a Sliding Scale’, 81 AJIL (1987) 146. 8 Also see Forti v. ... Read Document

Customary Law, Consent, And The Status Quo Paradox
Should be irrelevant in certain areas of customary law); Frederic L. Kirgis, Custom on a Sliding Scale, 81 AM. J. INT’L L identifying customary international law.32 One approach is the traditional one, ... Access This Document

Opinio Juris And The Formation Of Custom
It must have a requisite grounding in general state practice and opinio juris. Still, custom as positivistically we can treat Kirgis' sliding scale conception of custom as a sketch of that part of a working theory of the interpretation of customary law that elaborates the relationship ... Access This Document

HOPE WITHOUT FEAR: - Faculty Of Law
HOPE WITHOUT FEAR: CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE QUEST . FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE. John Tasioulas. University of Oxford. THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT. F. L. Kirgis, 'Custom on a Sliding Scale', 81 American Journal of International Law 146 (1987). Id., p.149. ... Doc Viewer

In Defence Of Relative Normativity - University Of Oxford
(1996). ‘In Defence of Relative Normativity: Communitarian Values and the Nicaragua Case’, Oxford Journal of B. Custom on a Sliding Scale. Frederic L. Kirgis' schematization of the method for deriving customary norms applied in the Nicaragua case provides vital assistance in ... Fetch Content

NATIONAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
NATIONAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION Jo Stigen, 7 February 2012 Kirgis on international custom: “[A reasonable rule] 11 Frederick L. Kirgis, “Custom on a Sliding Scale”, American Journal of International Law 81, 1988 p. 146. 7 ... Read Full Source

The Degrees Of Self-Determination In The United Nations Era
THE DEGREES OF SELF-DETERMINATION IN THE UNITED NATIONS ERA 21 See Frederic L. Kirgis, Jr., Custom on a Sliding Scale, 81 AJIL 146, 149 (1987). 22 See LEE C. BUCHHEIT, SECESSION: THE LEGITIMACY OF SELF-DETERMINATION 92-96 (1978); Ved ... Read Here

AN EMERGING NORM? DETERMINING THE MEANING AND LEGAL STATUS OF ...
Eaton ftp 3m.doc 7/5/2011 11:08:31 am 765 student note an emerging norm? determining the meaning and legal status of the responsibility to protect ... Doc Viewer

Meeting Of 9 May 2007 - European University Institute
The meeting of 9 May 2007 was devoted to the issue of : Frederick Kirgis’s sliding scale, which introduced the relative significance, 1 I Frederick L. Kirgis, Jr., ‘Custom on a Sliding Scale’, 81 American Journal of International Law 146 ... Retrieve Content

An Emerging Norm - Determining The Meaning And Legal Status ...
Ductive, finding custom from the repeated actions of states and then testing 149 (1987). Kirgis notes [o]n the sliding scale, very frequent, consistent state practice establishes a custom-ary rule without much (or any) ... Retrieve Full Source

The Peremptory Norms Of The International Community
To examine why a peremptory norm is binding. The latter issue addresses the referent of the identity issue: namely, the international community as a whole. 7 Kirgis, ‘Custom as a Sliding Scale’, 81 AJIL (1987) 146. 8 Also see Forti v. ... Fetch Full Source

FREDERIC L. KIRGIS (RICK KIRGIS) Law School Association ...
Cornell Int'l L. J. 549 (1989) Alien Tort Claims, Sovereign Immunity and International Law in U. S. Courts, 82 Am. J. Int'l L. 323 (1988) Custom on a Sliding Scale, 81 Am. J. Int'l L. 146 ... Access Doc