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Article 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice is generally recognized as a definitive statement of the sources of international law. [2] It requires the Court to apply, among other things, (a) international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; (b) international custom, as evidence of a general ...
The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) is an online encyclopedia dealing with international law.It was published under the auspices of Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law until his successor Anne Peters became general editor in 2021. [1]
The modern term "international law" was originally coined by Jeremy Bentham in his 1789 book Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation to replace the older law of nations, a direct translation of the late medieval concepts of ius gentium, used by Hugo Grotius, and droits des gens, used by Emer de Vattel.
The translations had a large influence on the approval of modern international law in Asia. [7] Wheaton's was the first book to introduce international law to East Asia in full scale. [ 9 ] In listing Henry Wheaton among "prominent jurists of the nineteenth century," Antony Anghie comments on the "several editions" of Elements of International ...
The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns [Note 1] is a legal treatise on international law by Emerich de Vattel, published in 1758.
The idea of international law in Roman times is a complicated one. For, not only does the Roman Republic and following empire itself dominate a long period of time in history, but also the very debate over whether or not the term "international law" is an applicable term is not yet decided. [1]
Origin and Development of the Law of the Sea (1983) [12] Law of the Sea: Caracas and Beyond (1980) Legal Régime of the Sea-Bed and the Developing Countries (1975) [15] [16] [17] International Courts and Contemporary Conflicts (1974) Asian States and the Development of a Universal International Law (1972) Studies in International Adjudication ...
The Core Group of Experts is made up of 24 people, including Claude Bruderlein, Director of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard University, Dr. Yoram Dinstein, Senior Academic Advisor at HPCR and Professor Emeritus of International Law at Tel Aviv University, Knut Dörmann, Head of the Legal Division at the ...