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Many early international legal theorists were concerned with axiomatic truths thought to be reposed in natural law.Sixteenth century natural law writer, Francisco de Vitoria, a professor of theology at the University of Salamanca, examined the questions of the just war, the Spanish authority in the Americas, and the rights of the Native American people.
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 ...
Basic concepts of international law such as treaties can be traced back thousands of years. [1] Early examples of treaties include around 2100 BC an agreement between the rulers of the city-states of Lagash and Umma in Mesopotamia, inscribed on a stone block, setting a prescribed boundary between their two states. [2]
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.
It publishes scholarly articles and student notes on issues of international, comparative, and foreign law. The journal has been cited by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, [1] the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, [2] the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ...
The journal hosts an International and Comparative Law Conference annually at Cambridge, usually at St John’s Divinity School. The first Conference discussed the theme "Agents of Change: The Individual as a Participant in the Legal Process" and was attended by about. 110 participants from all over the world - Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia – and at all stages in their ...
Minnesota Journal of International Law; San Diego International Law Journal; Stanford Journal of International Law; Temple International and Comparative Law Journal; Texas International Law Journal; Trade, Law and Development; Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law; University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law; Utrecht ...
The Journal is "the oldest and most-cited student-edited journal of international law." [2] The Journal was ranked as one of the 10 most influential law journals in the world, based on research influence and impact factors, by the 2011 Journal Citation Reports. [3] [4] The Journal covers international, comparative, and foreign law, the role of ...