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The Nuclear Test Case_Brief
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NuclearTestsCase(Australia&NewZealandv.France)casebriefNuclearTestsCase(Australia&NewZealandv.France)ProceduralHistory:ProceedingbeforetheInternationalCourtofJustice.Overview:AustraliaandNewZealand(P)demandedthatFrance(D)ceaseatmosphericnucleartestsintheSouthPacific.France(D)completedaseriesofnucleartestsintheSouthPacific.AustraliaandNewZealand(P)appliedtothe!.C.).demandingthatFrance(D)ceasetestingimmediately.Whilethecasewaspending,France(D)announcedtheseriesoftestswascompleteandthatitdidnotplananyfurthersuchtests.France(D)movedtodismisstheapplications.Issue:Maydeclarationsmadebywayofunilateralactshavetheeffectofcreatinglegalobligations?Rule:declerationsmadebywayofunilateralactsmayhavetheeffectofcreatinglegalobligations.Analysis:TheunilateralstatementsmadebyFrenchauthoritieswerefirstcommunicatedtothegovernmentofAustralia.Tohavelegaleffecttherewasnoneedtorthestatementstobedirectedtoanyparticularstate.Thegeneralnatureandcharacteristicsofthestatementsalonewererelevantforevaluationoftheirlegalimplications.Outcome:Yes.Declarationsmadebywayofunilateralactsmayhavetheeffectofcreatinglegalobligations.Thesolerelevantquestioniswhetherthelanguageemployedinanygivendeclarationrevealsaclearintention.Oneofthebasicprinciplesgoverningthecreationandperformanceoflegalobligationsistheprincipleofgoodfaith.ThestatementsmadebythePresidentoftheFrenchRepublicmustbeheldtoconstituteanengagementoftheStateinregardtothecircumstancesandintentionwithwhichtheyweremade.ThestatementsmadebytheFrenchauthoritiesarethereforerelevantandlegallybinding.Applicationsdismissed.