
This Monograph Examines The Relationship Between Treaties Providing For Uninterrupted Energy Transit And Countermeasures Under The Law Of International Responsibility. It Analyses The Obligations Governing Energy Transit Through Pipelines In Multilateral And Bilateral Treaties, Looking At The Wto Agreement, The Energy Charter Treaty, And Sixteen Bespoke Pipeline Treaties. It Argues That A Number Of Transit Obligations Under These Treaties Are Indivisible, Reflecting The Collective Interests Of States Parties. The Analysis Is Placed In The Historical And Normative Landscape Of Freedom Of Transit In International Law. After Setting Out The Content And Scope Of Obligations Concerning Transit Of Energy, It Distinguishes Countermeasures From Treaty Law Responses, And Examines The Dispute Settlement And Compliance Supervision Provisions In These Treaties. Building On These Findings, The Work Discusses The Availability And Lawfulness Of Countermeasures As, On The One Hand, A Means Of Implementing The Transit States Responsibility For Interruptions Of Energy Transit Via Pipelines; And, On The Other Hand, Circumstances That Preclude The Wrongfulness Of The Transit States Interruptions Of Transit.
This monograph investigates the legal intersection between international energy transit obligations and the application of countermeasures under the law of state responsibility. Dr. Danae Azaria, a scholar in international law, utilizes a rigorous comparative analysis of multilateral and bilateral treaties to evaluate how states manage energy security. The work argues that many transit obligations are inherently indivisible, representing collective state interests that complicate traditional responses to transit interruptions.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Legal scholars and practitioners view this work as a specialized contribution to the study of international responsibility and energy security. Readers frequently note the high level of academic density and the precise, technical nature of the legal arguments presented.
Page Count:
400
Publication Date:
2015-01-01
Publisher:
Oup Oxford
ISBN-10:
0191026867
ISBN-13:
9780191026867
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