International law explained Sources of Public International Law — Transcript

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1. 0:00sources of international law visualized
2. 0:10what are the sources of international law the term  source of law refer to legal rules governing the
3. 0:20international community unlike national laws where  sources of law are specified in the Constitution
4. 0:28which is superior to laws and regulations no  such hierarchy exists in international law
5. 0:34the International Court of Justice stipulated a  catalogue of sources of international law which is
6. 0:41used when deciding legal disputes submitted before  the world court the first source is international
7. 0:49treaty whether a general or particular convention  a bilateral regional or multinational one a treaty
8. 0:57is a binding international agreements by which  the states parties agree in writing to observe
9. 1:03their contractual obligations the second  source is customary law as evidence of a
10. 1:09general state's practice accepted as law at the  outset international law was mainly regulated by
11. 1:16customs which is an unwritten rule and consists  of two parts States practice and open ear juries
12. 1:24state practice is the material part of customary  law and it combines States behavior and engines
13. 1:32in other words it means what states do and  say open your juries is the second part of
14. 1:39customary law and it means that the states verbal  or material acts have to be accepted as a binding
15. 1:46law by the rest of the international community  for instance the world accepts and believed that
16. 1:53it's legal for a state to act in a self-defense  in addition to treaties and customs other sources
17. 2:00of law exist like the judicial decisions of  international courts jurisdictional if ID
18. 2:09publicists and lastly the general principles of  law recognized by civilized nations while these
19. 2:18are not formal sources they can still play an  important role as evidence of international law