LLB141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: World Trade Organization, Straits Of Corfu, Non-Interventionism
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International law governs relations between states, individuals and non-state actors. The rules are binding but entered into under states free will. Each state has sovereignty and no state has authority over another. Nations or countries, recognised as independent political units. States are units in which sovereignty is embedded. Supreme political authority that a state can exercise within its territory. Sovereign states are not subject to the jurisdiction of other states, international bodies or. Non-intervention tribunals unless they consent (principle of non-intervention ) The corollary of every state"s right to sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence ( oppenheim"s international law: vol 1 peace, 9th edition, p. 428). Sovereign power is exercised exclusively within defined territory. No state may exercise its powers within the territory of another state without consent (principle of territorial integrity ) The corfu channel (united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland v albania) (merits)