LAW 533 Study Guide - Final Guide: Canon Eos C300, Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, World Trade Organization
28 Apr 2016
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2 hours long covers more from ch 9-12 (csr international) but also 1-8 (within canada) Public international law is the law between states; typical in the form of treaties that are consent based so any particular country can choose to sign on a certain law or not- it"s a choice. Every country within its borders have national sovereignty it"s not up to canada to tell us what goes on in their country. Government states are reluctant to give up that national sovereignty and sign up to a new rule. Because it gives access to world markets i. e. kyoto protocol- usa not signed on to it; canada did but abandoned. Big problem with public international law- there is no legislative structure international like parliament there aren"t enforcement agencies at the international level, no court system that is binding the way national court system does. Treaties are binding when countries have signed on to them. Declarations are not binding they are aspirational.
