{"id":6658,"date":"2013-01-18T04:23:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T04:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawin.org\/?p=6658"},"modified":"2013-01-18T04:23:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T04:23:23","slug":"customary-international-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/customary-international-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Customary International Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Customary International Law in Europe<\/h1>\n<p><em>Customary International Law<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Customary international law applies in international<br \/>\nlaw in case of absence of a treaty. J. L. Brierly, in &#8220;The Law of<br \/>\nNations: an Introduction to the International Law of Peace&#8221; states that in order to<br \/>\ndetermine what international customary law is on a particular subject &#8220;we must<br \/>\nlook at what states do in their relations with one another and attempt to understand<br \/>\nwhy they do it, and in particular whether they recognize an obligation to adopt a<br \/>\ncertain course, or, in the words of Article 38, we must examine whether the alleged<br \/>\ncustom shows \u2018a general practice accepted as law.\u2019&#8221;(1)<\/p>\n<p>Ian Brownlie, in &#8220;Principles of Public International Law&#8221; lists the following sources<br \/>\nof custom as &#8220;diplomatic correspondence, policy statements, press releases, the<br \/>\nopinions of official legal advisers, official manuals on legal questions, e.g.<br \/>\nmanuals of military law, executive decisions and practices, orders to naval forces<br \/>\netc., comments by governments on drafts produced by the International Law<br \/>\nCommission, state legislation, international and national judicial decisions, recitals<br \/>\nin treaties in the same form, the practice of international organs, and resolutions<br \/>\nrelating to legal questions in the United Nations General Assembly.&#8221;(2)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. J.L. BRIERLY, THE LAW OF NATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF<br \/>\nPEACE 60 (6th ed. 1963).<br \/>\n2 IAN BROWNLIE, PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW 5 (5th ed. 1998).<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Also<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sources of the international law. Bibliography<\/li>\n<li>Norms of Customary International law<\/li>\n<li>International crimes and international law. Bibliography<\/li>\n<li>Preventing war in international law. Bibliography<\/li>\n<li>Efficacy of international law. Bibliograpy<\/li>\n<li>International law today<\/li>\n<li>New actors in international law. Bibliography<\/li>\n<li>How to search legal journal indexes?<\/li>\n<li>International humanitarian law Part 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bederman, David J., Custom as a Source of Law. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Customary International Law on the Use of Force: a Methodological Approach. Leiden ; Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 2005.<\/li>\n<li>Chigara, Ben. Legitimacy Deficit in Custom : a Deconstructionist Critique. Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT : Ashgate\/Dartmouth, 2001.<\/li>\n<li>Commitment and Compliance : the Role of Non-binding Norms in the International Legal System, New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.<\/li>\n<li>D&#8217;Amato, Anthony A, The Concept of Custom in International Law, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1971.<\/li>\n<li>The Fundamental Rules of the International Legal Order: Jus Cogens and Obligations Erga Omnes. Leiden; Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Lepard, Brian D., Customary International Law: a New Theory with Practical Applications. New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press,2010.<\/li>\n<li>The Nature of Customary Law. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Schl\u00fctter, Birgit, Developments in Customary International Law: Theory and the Practice of the International Court of Justice and the International Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia. Leiden; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Villiger, Mark Eugen, Customary International Law and Treaties: a Manual on the Theory and Practice of the Interrelation of Sources, 2nd ed., The Hague; Boston: Kluwer Law International, 1997.<\/li>\n<li>Tams, Christian J. Enforcing Obligations Erga Omnes in International Law. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Customary International Law  Customary international law applies in international law in case of absence of a treaty. J. L. 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