Qui tacet consentire videtur si loqui debuisset ac potuisset v. quo tacet neque negat neque utique fatetur (he who remains silent is considered to consent, if he must and can speak v. he who remains silent neither rejects nor accepts-affirms)
Abstract:The present work aims to analyze silence/acquiescence as a legal fact that constitutes a passive conduct and produces legal effects. The paper is divided into three parts. The first analyzes silence as a legal act in international law, translates the phenomenon of acquiescence and elaborates the relative doctrine and jurisprudence as well as the limits that this term presents. We continue with the acquisitive prescription and the silence in the formation of the treaties. It compares acquiescence in dispute res… Show more
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