LAWS 2502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hugo Grotius, United Nations Charter, Jean Bodin
8 Apr 2015
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Laws2502 march 26 public international law. International legal persons or subjects of international law (il) In the past: producing order (rather than true justice") In more recent times: but also in the area of human rights. Il sources: producing order and striving for justice" not only in the relations between states, treaties (conventions, custom (general practice accepted as law, general principles of law ( recognized by civilized nations ) Judicial decisions & academic authorities ( the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations ) Famous authors: the greatest of the early contributors to the founding of modern il were, after the advent of territorial states claiming modern sovereignty, the dutch hugo grotius. Class 11/12: followed by the german pufendorf and the swiss be vattel (still deriving rights from natural law but basing the enforcement of duties only on positive law. Remember sovereignty: the romans imperium (ultimate power of government)
