International law ppt

THE NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Some examples of more recent definitions of international law include:

(a) Treaties between States; (b) Customary international law derived from the practice of States; (c) General principles of law recognized by civilised nations; and, as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of international law:

THE NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW Some examples of more recent definitions of international law include: o “The system of law regulating the interrelationship of sovereign states and their rights and duties with regard to one another

Traditionally, public international law or international law has been defined as “the body of rules and principles of action which are binding upon civilized states in their relations with one another

”1 International law can generally be categorized into two broad categories: subjects of international law and objects of international law