POL340Y1 Lecture 3: Lecture 3.doc
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Good sources/lame sources (not all sources are created the same) The best jurisprudential sources are supreme court decisions rendered yesterday (the more the recent the better) The icj is the monster source for international law cases. The statute of the international court of justice, as part of the charter of the. United nations, defines the sources of international law under article 38. The icj is a monster source because: all the countries in the world (relevant actors) have bought into this court by ratifying the un, there is no higher court, it is a convention. *in the exam, make reference to the icj statute. The sources of international law are as follows: (1) conventions/treaties (2) customs (customary international law) (3) general principles of law (of civilized states*) *general principles of law include both domestic and international. *a domestic principle of law not accepted as an international principle of law is not a general principle of law.
