The guidelines and policies of the 1958 Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf'stand as the principal response under international law to the legal problems posed since World War II by the rapid development of the natural resources of the continental shelf. SomeDean, Arthur H...
For the sake of completeness, we note that the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (UN Conference on the Law of Treaties, 1969; hereafter: VCLT) also says nothing about how to determine whether a particular right is absolute. The closest we find is a definition of a “peremptory norm...
28The negoti-ation of an arms-traffic convention, which took place during the summer of 1919in Saint Germain and was attended by delegates from around the world (thoughthe conference was dominated by imperial powers, delegates from countries suchas China, Siam, and Bolivia were present, too),...
"From the Protestant Reformation to the Southern Baptist Convention: What Hath Geneva to Do with Nashville?" The Founders Journal (Fall 2007): 3-22. Accessed February 2, 2017. http://founders.org/main/wp-content/uploads/fj70.pdfAscol, T. K. (2007, Fall). "From the Protestant ...
In this Note, however, David John Ball argues that the Final Record of the Diplomatic Conference from the drafting of the Fourth Geneva Convention, or the travaux preparatoires, makes clear that the Convention does not apply to nonstates. The Note undertakes a close reading of the travaux and...
This paper examines a subject neglected by historians, and considers how political and professional factors combined to frustrate and delay the early ratification of the Geneva Convention by the United States. As we shall see, our knowledge of these circumstances is far from complete, and will ...
Hussein A. Hassounailsa j.intl & comp.lHassouna, Hussein A. "The Enforcement of the Fourth Geneva Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including Jerusalem." ILSA J. Int'l & Comp. L. 7 (2001): 461-86.
It is the purpose of this study to consider some of the funda-mental principles, major innovations, and deficiencies of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949.'It is concerned particularly with the rights andAlbert J. Esgain...
Is the Geneva Pow Convention Quaintback to Antiquity. The conduct of civil war by the de jure government affected wastraditionally considered to be a purely internal or domestic matter, and thus outsidethe purview of international lawmaking. 18 Equally, sinceDelahunty, R.J...
To determine the success of the 1949 Geneva Prisoner of TWar Convention as applied to contemporary warfare, Mr. Smith first assesses the historical development of the Convention, employing the records of the United States ratification to exemplify the generallySmith, Delbert D...