State Responsibility The General Part [Paperback]

This book reviews the responsibility of states for acts contrary to international law and examines the connections between institutions, rules and practice.James Crawford's critical, in-depth review of the responsibility of states for acts contrary to international law also examines issues of dispute settlement in relation to responsibility and the connection between institutions and rules. It reflects both the work of the ILC (led by Crawford) and the numerous subsequent developments.James Crawford's critical, in-depth review of the responsibility of states for acts contrary to international law also examines issues of dispute settlement in relation to responsibility and the connection between institutions and rules. It reflects both the work of the ILC (led by Crawford) and the numerous subsequent developments.Annexed to GA Resolution 56/83 of 2001, the International Law Commission's Articles on Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts put the international law of responsibility on a sound footing. As Special Rapporteur for the second reading, James Crawford helped steer it to a successful conclusion. With this book, he provides a detailed analysis of the general law of international responsibility and the place of state responsibility in particular within that framework. It serves as a companion to The International Law Commission's Articles on State Responsibility: Introduction, Text and Commentaries (Cambridge, 2002) and is essential reading for scholars and practitioners concerned with issues of international responsibility, whether they arise in interstate relations, in the context of arbitration or litigation, or in bringing international claims.Part I. The Framework of Responsibility: 1. Historical development; 2. Key concepts; 3. Corollaries of breach of an international obligation; Part II. Attribution to the State: 4. Organs and entities exercising governmental authority; 5. Direction and control by the State; 6. Other cases of attribution; Part lÕ