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| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages | 373-412 |
| Journal | American Journal of International Law |
| Volume | 100 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
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Peace Agreements: Their Nature and Legal Status. / Bell, Christine.
In: American Journal of International Law, Vol. 100, No. 2, 2006, p. 373-412.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Peace Agreements: Their Nature and Legal Status
AU - Bell, Christine
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - The article examines the legal status of peace agreements, and whether and when they are framed as treaties, international agreements, domestic constitutions or legislation, or political pacts. The article explore the relationship between a peace agreement's legalization and compliance with the peace agreement. Conventional understandings of how legalization affects compliance are argued not to apply. The article makes a case for understanding peace agreements as exhibiting a distinct 'law of the peacemaker' or lex pacificatoria, which operates as a transnational form of law similar to the lex mercatoria.
AB - The article examines the legal status of peace agreements, and whether and when they are framed as treaties, international agreements, domestic constitutions or legislation, or political pacts. The article explore the relationship between a peace agreement's legalization and compliance with the peace agreement. Conventional understandings of how legalization affects compliance are argued not to apply. The article makes a case for understanding peace agreements as exhibiting a distinct 'law of the peacemaker' or lex pacificatoria, which operates as a transnational form of law similar to the lex mercatoria.
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M3 - Article
VL - 100
SP - 373
EP - 412
JO - American Journal of International Law
T2 - American Journal of International Law
JF - American Journal of International Law
SN - 0002-9300
IS - 2
ER -