Concept of Unilateral Acts of States in International Law

Abstract

The article deals with the international legal concept of unilateral acts of States. It addresses issues of legal nature of unilateral acts of States, the place of unilateral acts among the sources of international law, criteria to distinguish unilateral acts of States that generate for the State-author international legal consequences from other unilateral acts, bearing a political character, an analysis of judicial practice and doctrines of international law devoted to this subject.

Keywords

• unilateral acts
• definition
• legal acts
• sources of international law
• qualification