PO102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Treaty On The Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, Contract, North American Free Trade Agreement
Document Summary
Protect weaker states from much stronger states. Promise that is done in writing and signed. Legally binding, but there are some opt-out clauses, allowing for legal withdrawal. Often see violations but when stakes are very high, and penalties are low o. Custom or customary state practice: general principles of law o. Treaties: un charter, nafta, non nuclear proliferation treaty: often have their own rules of enforcement. Comes from the actual actions of states o o. Countries do the same thing over and over again over long periods of time. Something that becomes habitual so it becomes eventually codified as law - process that takes a long time. With a sense of obligation - belief that you should be doing this and that you accept that you should be doing this. General principles of law: general principles of law that are recognized by civilied nations o e. g general principels of fairness and justice which are applied universally, natural law.
