Peremptory International Law - Jus Cogens

Robert Kolb, one of the leading international scholars of his generation, offers a seminal survey of the question of peremptory international law. The author analyses and systemises different questions, such as: the typology of peremptory norms beyond the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; here he distinguishes between ''public order'' jus cogens and mere ''public utility'' jus cogens. Furt...