LAW 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Ideal Standard, Hugo Grotius, Treaty 1
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Public international law (international law): law relating primarily to international treaties and customs and to inter-state relationships. Highlighted importance: terrorism and state response to it, continuing regional and ethnic conflicts around the world, the fragility of the global economy, a growing awareness of the economic interdependence of nations, major changes to the environment. International law is concerned with regulation the relationship between independent states, and to a lesser degree with the rights and obligations of non-state actors, including individuals. Primitive period: before 1648: tension between two opposing ideas, states are free to do as they please in the international areas based on might is right . In both international and domestic affairs, states are subject to overarching natural law principles- derived from a higher power or source that guides our behaviour and offers us an ideal standard. It is generally accepted that the use of such force requires the consent of the other state.
