LSB 4633- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 43 pages long!)

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

Document Summary

International law is the law regulating interaction between the states. Since the end of world war 2, the notion of international law has expanded. In this lecture we examine the growth and development of international public law. International law can be based on natural law principles. International law can be based on positive law principles. The law of nations was a subset of natural law. The authority of law is connected to god. Restitution must be made for harm done by one party to another. Promises given must be kept (pacta sunt servanda) Under positivist thought, the authority of the law derives from the sovereign. There isn"t necessarily a connection between law and morality with sanctions. International law after world war i of force. In many ways, world war i was a result of the growing importance of positive law. After the war, the league of nations tried to substitute international authority for the use.