Pacta Sunt Servanda

Pacta Sunt Servanda

Summary of Pacta Sunt Servanda

A principle of international law that treaties and other international engagements are binding upon the nations that accede to them, and obligations accepted under such engagements must be performed, or reparations made in the event of a breach.

(Main Author: William J. Miller)

Pacta Sunt Servanda

Embracing mainstream international law, this section on pacta sunt servanda explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here.

Pacta Sunt Servanda

This section provides an overview of pacta sunt servanda within the legal context of Basic Principles of International Dispute Settlement in international economic law, with coverage of Adjudication and Enforcement (Principles).

Resources

Further Reading

  • Freya Baetens, “Pacta Sunt Servanda,” Elgar Encyclopedia of International Economic Law, Cheltenham Glos (United Kingdom), Northampton, MA (United States)

Resources

Further Reading

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

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