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Remarks by James R. Crawford

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

James R. Crawford*
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge; International Law Commission

Abstract

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Type
Special Capitol Hill Session. State Succession and Relations with Federal States
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1988

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References

1 Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of Treaties, 17 ILM 1488 (1978); Vienna Convention on Succession of States in Respect of State Property, Archives and Debts, 22 ILM 306 (1983).

2 See James Crawford, The Contribution of Professor D. P. O’Connell to the Discipline of International Law, 50 BYIL 1, 31-46 (1980) and references.

3 See, e.g., the Opinion of the Arbitration Committee of the Conference on Yugoslavia, 10 December 1991: “[T]he phenomenon of State succession is governed by the principles of international law, from which the Vienna Conventions of August 23rd, 1978 and April 8th, 1983 have drawn inspiration.” This carefully avoids describing the kind or extent of the “inspiration.”