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The Once and Future Law of State Responsibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 October 2020

Martins Paparinskis
Martins Paparinskis*
Affiliation:
Reader in Public International Law, University College London. Email:m.paparinskis@ucl.ac.uk. I am grateful to Christiane Ahlborn, Roger O'Keefe, and Meagan Wong for their insightful comments.
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Abstract

The current (once) international law of state responsibility is shaped by the International Law Commission's Articles on responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, generally endorsed in state and judicial practice as consonant with custom. This Essay makes the case that the global pandemic and associated practice may affect foundational elements of the (future) law of state responsibility. It outlines the contours of systemic grain of possible developments by reference to the tension between bilateralism and community interests in international law.

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The International Legal Order and the Global Pandemic
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 114 , Issue 4 , October 2020 , pp. 618 - 626
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Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of International Law

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