Practice question
A party to a valid treaty in force adopts inconsistent ordinary legislation and invokes it alone to justify international nonperformance. Explain Articles 26 and 27, assuming no relevant consent-validity or termination issue. Does the answer automatically decide domestic judicial enforceability?
Legal references
- Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (1969), Articles 2, 11–14, 24, 26, 27, 34 and 38: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/conventions/1_1_1969.pdf
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