LAWS 2908 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Free Access To Law Movement, International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, United Nations General Assembly
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Ways that states interact with eachother sources of international law. What is it: law about ways states relate to eachother. Diff types of ways state cooperate at international level: treat states as if theyre people who interact with eachothers as equals outside of states reped by heads of state/official aactors, national/transnational/international, transnational- when we cross borders. When states interact with eachother on nation to nation basis, we can talk about how they interact as if they were people. Treaty: conventions also called, agreement btwn state. Where to find what the law is, these are source court can apply! No such thing as legislature or statute in international law. Historically, internaiotnal law evolved out of european tradition. Identifiable document to look at what the source of international law is: piece of paper. Rules about it that is followed by states. What are international legal materials: sources of international law, treaeties, vienna convention on law of treaties, un treaty collection, multi/bilateral, unwebsite.
