GINS 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Soft Law, Peremptory Norm, Law

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Global and International Studies
• Course: GINS 1010
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Restrictions upon the independence of states cannot therefore be presumed. Two categories of diplomatic immunity: immunity ration personae personal immunity. Immunity that attaches to the person of the diplomat while s/he is a diplomat: this is irrelevant for former diplomats. It is generally accepted that states themselves can be immune from prosecution in other states, as can their representatives (diplomats and others), and much the same applies to international organizations. Occupation of territory without protest, often though agreements. The formal giving up of rights, propriety, or territory, especially by a state. States sovereign over anything that may harm them as a state. Sovereignty: authority of a state to govern itself independence; all states are equal law can only be made with a states consent. Extraterritorial jurisdiction: states sometimes claim jurisdiction over acts occurring outside there boundary ex u. s anti trust law (klabbers)