Special Rules of Attribution of Conduct in International Law - Marko Milanovic

The Edinburgh Centre for International and Global Law presents

Special Rules of Attribution of Conduct in International Law

Prof Marko Milanovic, Professor of International Law, University of Nottingham.

 

About the seminar
Are there are any special rules of attribution in international law? Are there, in other words, imputational rules that are not recognized as such in general international law, but are specific to particular branches of international law? This talk will argue that that, to the extent special rules of attribution exist, they are rare and never uncontroversial. In most situations putative special rules attribution can be, and should be, conceptualized differently. We should, to the extent reasonably possible, try to reconcile divergences with the general attribution framework so as to minimize the incidence of special rules, unless there is a very good reason why such a rule should exist. One such reason could be emerging subject-specific state complicity doctrines, which do require sectoral adjustment, but even these doctrines would in most cases not be attributive in nature.

 

Please read pages 295-316, 385-393 of the paper, available on the US Naval War College website

This event is free and open to all but registration is required.

 

 

 

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