The Study Of The Application Of The Estoppels In International Law

With the evolution of the modern international law, the principle of estoppels plays an increasingly important role in the resolution of territorial disputes between states, the maritime delimitation, the nationality matters and the diplomatic protection. In particular, its use in the practice of the international adjudication and arbitration has furthered the research of the field. Nevertheless, it's also noted that that the theory which originated from the common contract law shares lots of similarities with the good faith theory and the fault in the making of the contract. has restrained the development of to a certain extent in the international law. Its application was also limited in the domain of the domestic law. Although some scholars of the international law in their research wrote of this question, no thorough and complete study was yet made. So this article discusses systematically the issues in the application of the principle of Estoppels in international law in order to advance its theoretical framework in the international law.