LSB 4633 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: International Trade Law, Due Process, Contract

• School: OSU
• Department: Legal Studies in Business
• Course: LSB 4633
• Professor: Geoffrey Patrick Pivateau

Document Summary

There are certain agreed sources of international law. There are generally three sources of international law. In this lecture we study the sources of international law. The united nations has defined international law sources. The restatement of foreign relations law has defined international law sources. The united nations judicial arm, the international court of justice, article. Article 38 says that there are three sources of international law. 1: customary international law, general principles of law recognized by civilized nations. The restatement of foreign relations law states that a rule of international law is one that has been accepted by the international community of states followed by them from a sense of legal obligation. Customary international law results from general and consistent practice of states. International agreements create law for the parties thereto. General principles common to the major legal systems may create supplementary rules of international law. Customary international law is that body of commonly accepted rules of conduct.