CO SCI 136 Lecture 15:
Document Summary
Public international law: deals with issues of concern to more than one state. System of law that regulates the interrelationship of sovereign starts and their rights and duties with regard to one another. Private international law: national laws that deal with conflicts of law and establish rules for the treatment of cases that involve a foreign element. Ever expanding reach of international law: gradual development of a myriad sub-disciplines each often have their own distinct institutions and occasionally adjuratory bodies. They enjoy equal legal status as well as protection from outside intervention. International law serves as a supplement to national law. States are inherently bound by law of coexistence. Treaties are international agreements that are governed by international law. States decide for themselves if they want to turn a matter previously dealt with by national law into a matter of.
