RUDN Journal of Law (Mar 2011)
Promise as a unilateral act of state, producing legal effect in international law
Abstract
Annotation of the content of article: The article raises the problem of the legal content of a unilateral promise in international law. It examines the concept of qualification of a unilateral promise as legally binding for the author State, the action in time of such acts, presents an analysis of judicial practice and doctrine of international law on this subject. Special attention is paid to the role of unilateral promises of states in international law.