The European Journal of International Law Vol. 27 no. 1
EJIL (2016), Vol. 27 No. 1, 252	 doi:10.1093/ejil/chw007
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The Last Page
Public International Limericks
42 and 48
A wrongful act, practiced at leisure,
Prescribes of contempt, indeed, no small measure
But if erga omnes
Just cut short the blandness
And invoke the breach with some pleasure.
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Treaty and Contract
There once was an umbrella clause
Its wording commended applause
For when t’was invoked
The state felt quite smoked
And could not rely on its laws.
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Travaux
There once was a treaty provision
Whose phrasing just prompted division
As the Vienna rules too
Made its sense more askew
The parties got on to an excision
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Responsibility of States for Internationally
Wrongful Acts, Art. 37
There was a blatantly wrongful action
That still had some great attraction
It was indeed savage
But causing no damage
It did only give rise to satisfaction
Niccolò Ridi and SondreTorp Helmersen
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