LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Statelessness
10 Aug 2016
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States agree to behave in particular with others. Customary: what states should do most of the time. Don"t need to specifically agree to, just a notion that most states should not do. Monist view: domestic and international law intertwine to make one big system. Dualist view: two systems are separate. chose what you want to use from international law. Which gave recognition to individuals rather than states. Current system has given all the power to pm and cabinet, the executives . When you enter another country you are bound by their laws. Canadian government can make laws to prevent you from acting in certain manner in other countries but they need cooperation with the other country. Not predictable what laws will be used which wont. Adoption theory: international law immediately becomes part of domestic law. The charter does not usually apply in foreign countries unless national police force is presesent.
