POLS 1500 Lecture Notes - Pacta Sunt Servanda, Diplomatic Immunity, Northwest Passage
19 Nov 2012
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Sources: national constitution; statutes; government; regulations; judicial decisions. Sources; treaty, custom, general principles, legal decisions and opinions implantation icj, euro court of justice, icc no police or military enforcement subjects states. Rules handed down by god and church (divine law) Based on human capacity to reason about natural world. Community of mankind with shared rights and responsibilities. The court whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such substitutes as are submitted to it, shall apply. Treaty: an international agreement concluded between states in a written form and governed by international law. Every state possesses capacity to conclude treaties. Pacta sunt servanda: every treaty in force is binding upon the parties to it and must be performed by them in good faith. Custom: the consistent conduct of states acting out of the belief that the law requires them to act a certain way. Opinio juris the expressed opinion of states that their actions have a legal basis.
