Final Act

Definition of Final Act

In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Final Act : A document containing a formal summary of the proceedings of an international conference. The signature appended to the final act is not regarded as binding on the signatory state with regard to the treaties it refers to. For the document to be binding, a separate signature is required followed by *ratification. In rare circumstances, the final act can constitute a *treaty.

Final Act

Embracing mainstream international law, this section on final act explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.

Resources

Further Reading

• The entry “final act” in the Parry and Grant Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law (currently, the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of International Law, 2009), Oxford University Press