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s.III Treaty Application, 18 Treaty Conflicts and Normative Fragmentation

Christopher J Borgen

From: The Oxford Guide to Treaties (1st Edition)

Edited By: Duncan B. Hollis

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Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Published in print:
01 July 2012
ISBN:
9780199601813

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 28 January 2023

Subject(s):
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties — Treaty provisions — Customary international law — Conflict of laws
Studies addressing how States can respond to conflicting international legal obligations are nothing new.1 But warnings of the possible systemic fragmentation of international law are a by-product of the modern conception of international law as an integrated, though primitive, legal system. Fragmentation is thus a more recent ‘macroeconomic’ or systemic manifestation of the ‘microeconomic’ or ‘firm-level’ problem of conflicting legal obligations inherent to international relations.One recurrent theme in fragmentation discussions is a debate over whether...
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