This document outlines the key sources of public international law, including customary international law and treaties. It discusses how customary international law is formed over time based on state practice and opinio juris and can be identified in court decisions and international agreements. The document also references domestic legal sources and the Statute of the International Court of Justice which identifies customary law and treaties as primary sources of international law.
This document outlines the key sources of public international law, including customary international law and treaties. It discusses how customary international law is formed over time based on state practice and opinio juris and can be identified in court decisions and international agreements. The document also references domestic legal sources and the Statute of the International Court of Justice which identifies customary law and treaties as primary sources of international law.
This document outlines the key sources of public international law, including customary international law and treaties. It discusses how customary international law is formed over time based on state practice and opinio juris and can be identified in court decisions and international agreements. The document also references domestic legal sources and the Statute of the International Court of Justice which identifies customary law and treaties as primary sources of international law.
Professor Christopher Greenwood, Sources of International Law: An Introduction;
Malcolm Shaw, Chapter 3: Sources, in INTERNATIONAL LAW 6TH ED. (pp. 69-128); PHIL. CONST. art. 7 § 20-21; art. 8 § 4; art. 18 § 25; Statute of the International Court of Justice, Article 38(1); North Sea Continental Shelf Case: Summary (I.C.J. Reports, 1969); and Mijares v. Ranada, G.R. No. 139325, April 12, 2005.
II. CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW
International Law Commission, Identification of Customary International Law,
UNITED NATIONS A/CN.4/659 (14 March 2013) International Law Commission, Identification of Customary International Law (The role of decisions of national courts in the case law of international courts and tribunals of a universal character for the purpose of the determination of customary international law); UNITED NATIONS, A/CN.4/691 (30 March 2016)