Public International Law Summary 2001 Creation and Ascertainment of International Law Sources of International Law -int’l law governs actions between states and represents the laws that they have voluntarily assented to through conventions‚ treaties or by usages generally accepted as expressing principles of law established in order to regulate the relations between coexisting legal communities with a view to the achievement of common aims Statute of the International Court of Justice Article
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I. introduction No area of international law has been so little explored by scholars as the history of the subject. is is a remarkable state of a# airs‚ probably without parallel in any other academic discipline (including other branches of law). Although this intellectual scandal (as it well deserves to be called) is now being remedied‚ we are still only in the earliest stages of the serious study of international legal history. Many blank spots exist‚ some of which will be identi‚ ed in
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International Political Economy – Final Exam Notes The Rise of International Political Economy Classical Political Economy Origins of Political Economy Population and economic growth in the 19th century after a period of stagnation from 1500-1800 Moral philosophy in the 18th century began to focus on the economy when previously religiously based Example: Adam Smith applied philosophical explanations to how the economy works The rise of “economic philosophy” Smith‚ Ricardo‚ Malthus
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Public International Law Notes LAWS 6243 1. History of International Law a. Ancient: Egypt‚ Mesopotamia‚ Greece & Rome b. Middle ages: authority of Church commencement of political divisions that would become States. c. Renaissance: State as sovereign competition between States. d. Early Theories: i. Spanish philosophers central to theory ii. Vitoria: 1480-1546 1. theory of natural law: law divine from source 2
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International Law Reading Notes: Ch. 3: Sources * There is no single body to create laws internationally binding upon everyone nor a proper system of courts with comprehensive and compulsory jurisdiction to interpret and extend the law. * Sources: provisions operating within the legal system on a technical level * Reason and morality are excluded as well as functional sources * Survey of process whereby rules of international law emerge * Article 38 of the Statute of
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INTRODUCTION The sources of international law are not the same as those in domestic law. The two major sources creating legally binding rules of international law are treaty and custom. In domestic law the question of the source of a rule or law is seldom controversial. Common law systems rely upon statutes and the decisions to be found in court judgments for evidence of the existence of the rule or law; civil law systems rely upon the appropriate legislation or Codes.
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Mexican Political Culture As once put by Mexican Nobel laureate Octavio Paz‚ Mexico is a land of “super-imposed pasts” (McCormick‚ p.326). It continues to be and is seen as a melding pot of its European and Native American ideas about society‚ law and government. Its history has had a major influence on the political culture of Mexico‚ seen through years of revolution‚ violence and corruption. Mexico is a considered a new democracy‚ but there is a tension still seen between democracy and authoritarianism
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What ever happened to the righteous law enforcement officers who abided by what they enforced? Today the numbers of people who have been exposed to unnecessary force by police officers has begun to rise substantially. In 2002‚ large state and local law enforcement agencies received more that 26‚000 citizen complaints. Statistics have shown that there is corruption in not only the officers themselves‚ but the law enforcement department as well. Most of the cases that are filed regarding inappropriate
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Political Culture and its changes within the Caribbean Political culture: refers to the collection of political beliefs values‚ practices‚ and institutions that the government is based on. Political culture may be analyzed in terms of social capital. Social capital: the amount of reciprocity and trust between citizens and between the state. More social capital usually means democratic. The number and depth of disagreements among citizens within a society forms the basis for dividing political
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violence and brutality‚ and corruption. For police officers dealing with stress is part of the job. Law enforcement officers are called on to serve and protect the innocent and the guilty. They must be mindful of the rights of the criminals they arrest as well as the victims the help. Police officers must follow rules and procedures they didn’t create and don’t always agree with. An officer’s hours can be unpredictable. They must be ready to serve at any time. This can make it difficult to leave
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