Skip navigation
st. Mary's University Institutional Repository St. Mary's University Institutional Repository

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6514
Title: Vol. 10 No.1:Myths and Realities in ‘Self-Executing Treaties’
Authors: O. Enabulele, Amos
Keywords: Self-executing, treaties, non-self-executing, constitution, municipal law, international law, monism, dualism.
Issue Date: Sep-2016
Publisher: St.Mary's University
Abstract: There appears to be very few doctrines in contemporary international law that are in such a problematic state as the doctrine of self-executing treaties. It would appear that its usefulness is more in the debate it engenders than in its actual relevance to understanding the interface between international law and municipal legal systems. This is so because the term is variously applied to different circumstances and ascribed with varied meanings. One of the many meanings ascribed to self-executing treaties is that they are treaties that apply in the municipal realm on their own force, discoverable from the intent of the makers as expressed in the language of the treaty. This article queries that understanding and argues that, other than by municipal law, there is no mystical authority by which treaties are imposed on municipal legal systems and indeed municipal courts. We argue that any search for the authority of treaties in the municipal realm, ultimately leads to municipal law as the first point of focus.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mlr.v10i1.1
Appears in Collections:Mizan Law Review

Files in This Item:
File Description SizeFormat 
Amos O. Enabulele.pdf303.37 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
Show full item record


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.