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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      09 January 2018
      11 January 2018
      ISBN:
      9781316226841
      9781107106208
      9781107513990
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316226841
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.96kg, 604 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.885kg, 608 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Public International Law, Law, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (130)
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    Subjects:
    Public International Law, Law, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law (130)
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    The defences available to an agent accused of wrongdoing can be considered as justifications (which render acts lawful) or excuses (which shield the agent from the legal consequences of the wrongful act). This distinction is familiar to many domestic legal systems, and tracks analogous notions in moral philosophy and ordinary language. Nevertheless, it remains contested in some domestic jurisdictions where it is often argued that the distinction is purely theoretical and has no consequences in practice. In international law too the distinction has been fraught with controversy, though there are increasing calls for its recognition. This book is the first to comprehensively and thoroughly examine the distinction and its relevance to the international legal order. Combining an analysis of state practice, and historical, doctrinal and theoretical developments, the book shows that the distinction is not only possible in international law but that it is also one that would have important practical implications.

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