Bruno Simma (1989), 'Bilateralism and Community Interest in the Law of State Responsibility'

In a weighty contribution to the 1972 Festschrift for Philip C. Jessup, Dr. Shabtai Rosenne evaluated the Vienna Convention of 1969 in terms of the balance struck between orthodox bilateralist thinking and regard for community interest (of which Professor Jessup was a prominent advocate) in the codification of the law of treaties.1 Fifteen years later it appears that the assertion of more community interest in another chapter of international law, namely State responsibility, constitutes one of the factors that have led 10 an undeniable crisis of the United Nations codification machinery.