INTBUS 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Logical Consequence, International Law Commission, Hugo Grotius
26 Sep 2020
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Public international law : system of law that regulates the interrelationship of sovereign states and their rights and duties with regard to one another. International organizations and individuals may also have rights/obligations under international law. Private international law : consists of national laws dealing with conflicts of law and establish rules for the treatment of cases that involve a foreign element i. e. deals with conflict national law-international law. No mandatory and well-established procedure for the settlement of legal disputes. International law is a decentralized legal system up to the legal subjects to create, interpret, and enforce the law. Political communities have felt a need for international rules and principles, because they bring about predictability and certainty to international relations. John austin"s command theory : the law is the command of a sovereign. Interwar period : 1919 : creation of an organization tasked with maintaining world peace : league of.
