POLS 3630 Lecture 3: Lesson 3 2018_ winter

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3630
• Professor: Cynthia Nantais

Document Summary

Identification of the sources of law is a critical element of any legal system. This lesson examines the primary and secondary sources of international law, with particular emphasis on customary law, its creation and effect. Lesson plan: read the lesson notes below, read: dixon, textbook on international law 7th edition, chapter 2, review any documents linked in the lesson, complete the to do list. In most legal systems, the sources and binding authority of domestic law are well known. In canada, for example, our law is rooted in the statutes enacted by the federal and provincial governments in accordance with our constitution and the common law developed by our judicial system. There is no equivalent international framework or centralized law-maker in the international system. This raises questions about the sources and binding authority of international law. The sources of international law are codified in article 38 of the statute of the.