Lesson 1 - Introduction and Sources of Law - Aarhus University
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Created by Elizabeth Cheetham
about 5 years ago
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International law has no supreme authority, unified sanctions or international legislature, making it what kind of system?
L. Henkin on compliance is the norm
There are 6 reasons that states follow international rules
Who is within the scope of international Law?
What are the four main sources of International Law
In what piece of legislation can you find the sources of law?
What treaty governs treaties?
Where does it outline the two criteria needed for an international custom?
What are the two evidence criteria needed for international custom to become accepted in law?
State practice is the _____ element
In what case did the ICJ decide that in state practice there had to be a degree of uniformity in state practices [it was essetnial]
What case did the ICJ say that extensive and virtually uniformity were essentail to established state practice
The ICJ decided in what case that at absolute conformity was not necessary fbut would be a strong indication of the rule establishing state practicec
Opinio Juris is the ______ element
What is the Opinio Juris
What case did the ICJ decide thatStates must feel that they are conforming to what amounts to a legal obligation to amount to an opinio juris
What two sources of International ALw are strongly linked
Where can one find rules for outlntlining General Practice
What is a general Practice
Where can one find the rules on Judicial decisions in International Law?
What statute bind judicial decisions as having no doctrine of binding precendent
What is a UN resolution, non-binding codes of conduct, infomral agreementes categorised as?
International Law is a mix of what two forms of law
What law comes into play when there is a conflict between treaties and customary rules
What legal pricniple comes intoplay under UN charter resolution 103
What is Jus Cogens
Where does it say that there can be no derogation forom a norm that is accepted and recognise by international community
What is the hierarchy of international lsources of law?
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What is the work of the ICJ
What is the work of the UN Security Council
What doctrine rules over international Law
What do all states have to give when entering international agreements
What rules states that obligation to international law comes from not following would not be helpful in the long run
What rules states that obligations only come where they have agreed to the obligation first
What Doctrine states that where a majority of states create norms then they are accepted by all states
