Book contents
- Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on International Law
- Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Unpacking the Practice of the General Assembly
- 2 The Legal Significance of Resolutions at the Adoption Stage
- 3 The Legal Significance of Resolutions within Domestic Legal Systems
- 4 The Legal Significance of Resolutions in International Practice
- 5 Revisiting the Concept of Legal Significance of Resolutions
- Conclusions
- Appendix Empirical Research Design
- Index
2 - The Legal Significance of Resolutions at the Adoption Stage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2022
- Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on International Law
- Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Unpacking the Practice of the General Assembly
- 2 The Legal Significance of Resolutions at the Adoption Stage
- 3 The Legal Significance of Resolutions within Domestic Legal Systems
- 4 The Legal Significance of Resolutions in International Practice
- 5 Revisiting the Concept of Legal Significance of Resolutions
- Conclusions
- Appendix Empirical Research Design
- Index
Summary
This chapter evaluates the socially constructed meaning of the legal significance of resolutions at the adoption stage. It provides an empirical analysis, both quantitative and qualitative, of the relationship between the content of selected resolutions and the level of state support for those resolutions with a view to facilitating the discovery of emergent analytics – that is to say, key concepts shedding light on the scope, limits and intensity of the perceived binding character of resolutions at the adoption stage. The contention is that the text of resolutions cannot be taken at face value, hence it is not determinative of the legal significance of resolutions. It demonstrates that the concept of legal significance of resolutions at the adoption stage is determined by the characteristics of the General Assembly as a self-contained political system. It is therefore likely to differ from the concept of legal significance at the implementation stage.
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- Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on International LawHow States Use the UN General Assembly to Create International Obligations, pp. 67 - 120Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022