Oscar Chinn case

Christian J. Tams

Oscar Chinn case

Christian J. Tams

Kiel University

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Abstract

The Oscar Chinn Case (United Kingdom v Belgium) is a seemingly petty case that raised fundamental legal issues and gave rise to deep divisions among the judges called upon to decide it. The majority judgment of 12 December 1934 remains important as a pronouncement, by the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ), on the legality of regulatory interference in trade protected by international treaties. In addition, a brief statement by Judge Schücking has come to be seen as a precursor to modern debates about the ius cogens concept.2 In early 1929,

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law
Editors	Rudiger Wolfrum
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	01.2007
ISBN (Print)	978-0199689651, 0199689652
Publication status	Published - 01.2007
Externally published	Yes

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Oscar Chinn case

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