The doctrine was enshrined in article 62 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 1969, which was accepted by the International Court in the jurisdictional phase of the Fisheries Jurisdiction cases as a codification of existing customary international law.
有关理论见1969年《维也纳条约法公约》第六十二条，国际法院在审理渔业管辖权案的管辖权阶段接受这一理论，以编纂现有的习惯国际法。