PSCI-1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Escape Clause, Diplomatic Immunity, World Trade Organization
26 Nov 2016
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International law is a body of rules that binds states and other agents in world politics in their relations with each other. States can only be bound by international law by their own consent. Either negative or positive rules that regulate behavior. Secondary: governing how states make the rules. Primary rules must always exist in accordance with secondary rules. Geneva conventions: governs the laws of war. Un convention on laws of the sea. Exchange of goods and services - wto. There are two ways to make international law: customs and treaties. Customs: carried out by states based on the subjective belief that an action is a legal obligation. Secondary rules remain vague for customary international laws. Treaty: an official, express written agreement that states use to legally bind themselves. Resembles but is not identical to bilateral treaties. Treaties that are harder to reach: anything that requires distributional concerns - who gets benefits and who pays the cost.
