ECON 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Peremptory Norm, Nicaragua V. United States, Statute Of The International Court Of Justice
Document Summary
The sources of international law: there are recognised and accepted methods by which legal rules come into existence, as well as several ways in which the precise content of the legal rules can be identified. Article 38 of the statute of the international court of justice. Article 38 of the statute of the international court of justice is a starting point. It is a direction to the court authorising it to consider various materials when deciding disputes submitted to it. It is not a list of the sources of international law. It does not even provide a complete list of the matters which the court considers when determining the rights and duties of states. It concentrates primarily on the activities of states. 38 of the priority or hierarchy of the sources of international law: the better view is that in cases of conflict where it is important, the priority of sources follows the order of art.
