Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2017
1 The following statements indicate the character of the Digest:
“ §3. Consent, individual. The consent of the individual state to a rule of international law must be given before a rule of that law may be applied to that state.”
“ §161. Treaties, accession and adhesion. Non-contracting states may accede to a treaty only with the consent of the original signatories, but a state acceding to a treaty is bound as though a ratifying signatory thereof; states merely adhering to or recognizing a treaty between other states are not so bound.”
“ §198. National action; questions of right. States are entitled to decide for themselves upon the substance and extent of their rights under international law.”
“ §212. Use of force; war. Any state may undertake against another state or its government hostilities intended to coerce that state or government into compliance with its demands (war).”