This document defines key terms related to international law:
- A treaty is an international agreement concluded between states in written form that is governed by international law.
- Conventions and treaties are used generically to refer to all international agreements. Specifically, a convention can refer to an international agreement.
- Customary international law refers to international obligations arising from established state practice and opinio juris, rather than written treaties. It is shown through general and consistent state practice followed out of a sense of legal obligation.
- Other sources of law include a country's constitution, codified laws enacted by legislatures, and judicial decisions.
This document defines key terms related to international law:
- A treaty is an international agreement concluded between states in written form that is governed by international law.
- Conventions and treaties are used generically to refer to all international agreements. Specifically, a convention can refer to an international agreement.
- Customary international law refers to international obligations arising from established state practice and opinio juris, rather than written treaties. It is shown through general and consistent state practice followed out of a sense of legal obligation.
- Other sources of law include a country's constitution, codified laws enacted by legislatures, and judicial decisions.
This document defines key terms related to international law:
- A treaty is an international agreement concluded between states in written form that is governed by international law.
- Conventions and treaties are used generically to refer to all international agreements. Specifically, a convention can refer to an international agreement.
- Customary international law refers to international obligations arising from established state practice and opinio juris, rather than written treaties. It is shown through general and consistent state practice followed out of a sense of legal obligation.
- Other sources of law include a country's constitution, codified laws enacted by legislatures, and judicial decisions.
Treaty. Art. 2 (1)(a) of Vienna Convention on Law of treaties "Treaty"
means an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instru ment or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation; International conventionConventions The term "convention" again can have both a generic and a specific meaning. Convention as a generic term: Art.38 (1) (a) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice refers to "international conventions, whether general or particular" as a source of law, apart from international customary rules and general principles of international law and - as a secondary source - judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists. This generic use of the term "convention" embraces all international agreements, in the same way as does the generic term "treaty". Black letter law is also regularly referred to as "conventional law", in order to distinguish it from the other sources of international law, such as customary law or the general principles of international law. The generic term "convention" thus is synonymous with the generic term "treaty". United nations treaty collection, definition of terms Constitution- fundamental law of the land CodificationsIn law, codification is the process of collecting and restating the law of a jurisdiction in certain areas, usually by subject, forming a legal code, i.e. a codex (book) of law. Codification is the defining feature of civil law jurisdictions. Statutes- those laws enacted by the legislature/ legislative department. Judicial decisions- jurisprudence. International customsCustomary international law refers to international obligations arising from established state practice, as opposed to obligations arising from formal written international treaties. According to Article 38(1)(b) of the ICJ Statute, customary international law is one of the sources of international law. Customary international law can be established by showing (1) state practice and (2) opinio juris.
Put another way, customary international law results from a general
and consistent practice of states that they follow from a sense of legal obligation. Cornell university law school, law information institute
Name: Arpit Sanjay Shukla Roll No: 09 PRN: 2017033800065874 4 Year B.A.LL.B (Hons.) Subject: Public International Law Topic: Definition, Concepts and Sources of International Law