PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW I Dersi Sources of International Law soru cevapları:

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PAYLAŞ:

#1

SORU:

What are the sources of international law?


CEVAP:
  • international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting States;

  • international custom, as evidence of a gen- eral practice accepted as law;

  • the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations;

  • subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the vari- ous nations, as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law.


#2

SORU:

What is the hierarchy of sources of international law?


CEVAP:

The ICJ will resort to the following sources for deciding a dispute before it: treaties (conventions); custom; general principles of law; judicial decisions; juristic work on international law (the teachings of publicists); principles of equity and ex aequo et bono; General Assembly and Security Council resolutions and practices.


#3

SORU:

What does ex aequo et bono mean?


CEVAP:

Ex aequo et bono means what is just and fair or according to equity and good conscience. Something to be decided ex aequo et bono is something that is to be decided by principles of what is fair and just. A decision-maker who is authorized to decide ex aequo et bono is not bound by legal rules but may take account of what is just and fair.


#4

SORU:

What are the main sources of international law?


CEVAP:

Treaties, custom, and general principles of law are the main sources of international law.


#5

SORU:

What are the subsidiary sources of international law?


CEVAP:

Judicial decisions and juristic work on international law fall into the category ofsubsidiary sources.


#6

SORU:

What are the requirements for a custom to be accepted as law?


CEVAP:

There are two requirements for a custom to be accepted as law: (i) there should be sufficiently uniform general practice accepted as law, and (ii) the belief that such a practice is obligatory.


#7

SORU:

How is state practice categorized?


CEVAP:

State practice can be categorized into three groups as evidenced: (a) in the mutual relations among States, (b) in the practice of international organizations, and (c) the unilateral practices of States.


#8

SORU:

What are the main reasons for the decline in the importance of customary law?


CEVAP:
  • the fact that there are about 200 states and that crating a new custom is  slow process
  • the question of whether a usage has crystallized into a custom is riddled with many difficulties
  • the fact that customary law is an unsuitable vehicle to manage and respond to new scientific challenges

#9

SORU:

What are the factors that make a treaty general or particular?


CEVAP:

A convention (treaty) may be general either because of the number of parties (as being accepted by a large number of States), or because of the nature of its contents (which is of universal importance). It may be particular because of the limited number of parties, or because of the limited character of its subject-matter.


#10

SORU:

What is a treaty contract?


CEVAP:

A treaty contract is an agreement between two (or only limited number of ) States on a special matter concerning those States exclusively. Such treaties create obligations for the parties that would not have existed under the general international law or they modify the existing rules as applicable to their mutual relations.


#11

SORU:

What is a soft law?


CEVAP:

Guidelines of behavior such as those provided by treaties not yet in force, resolutions of the United Nations, or international conferences, that are not binding in themselves but are more than mere statements of political aspiration (they fall into a legal/political limbo between these two states).


#12

SORU:

What is a custom within the context of international law?


CEVAP:

Custom is a habitual course of conduct or general practice accepted as law. Custom evolves after a long historical process culminating in its recognition by the community.


#13

SORU:

When can a custom be treated as a source of law?


CEVAP:

Custom may be treated as a source of law if it manifests the attributes of antiquity, certainty, continuity, consistency, and uniformity.


#14

SORU:

How can we distinguish between the terms custom and usage?


CEVAP:

Usages are habits, often repeated but conflicting. They also vary from one State to another. On the other hand, custom is self-consistent and unified. Usage represents the twilight stage of custom. Custom begins where usage ends. However, it is not necessary that a usage should precede a custom or that a usage becomes a custom. Similarly, there is no international rule that determines when usage shall culminate into a custom.


#15

SORU:

What are the factors that make a practice or usage a customary rule of international law?


CEVAP:

For a practice or usage to become a customary rule of international law, the following two factors are essential:

  • A material fact: in similar circumstances States act similarly, in other words, usage has been constantly and uniformly practiced by States.
  • A psychological element: (opinio juris sive necessitatis) (an opinion of law or necessity)- the feeling on the part of States that in acting as they act they are fulfilling a legal obligation.

#16

SORU:

What does state practice include?


CEVAP:

State practice may include treaties, diplomatic correspondence and relations, opinions of national legal advisers, national legislation, policy statements, press releases, official manuals on legal questions, executive decisions and practices, decisions of international and national courts, and the practices of international organizations.


#17

SORU:

Why is the importance of treaties said to be self-evident?


CEVAP:

The importance of treaties is self-evident, because under Article 38(l)(a) of the Statute of the ICJ ‘conventions’ have been mentioned as the first recourse which the Court is directed to resort for settling a dispute between the parties.


#18

SORU:

What is meant by Opinio Jurris Sive Necessitatis?


CEVAP:

The State practice, even though general and consistent, is not customary law unless an opinio juris or “psychological element” is present, i.e., the practice is recognized as obligatory and there is the conviction that its repetition is the result of a compulsory rule.


#19

SORU:

When does a treaty bind the non-parties?


CEVAP:

A treaty will bind the non-parties if they (expressly or by their conduct) manifest their intention to be bound by the provisions of the treaty as general rules of international law.


#20

SORU:

What is meant by non-liquet in international law?


CEVAP:

Non-liquet means “it is not clear.” In law, a non liquet is a situation where there is no applicable law. It refers to a situation in which a competent court or tribunal fails to decide the merits of a case for the absence of suitable law, the vagueness or ambiguity of rules, inconsistencies in law, or the injustice of the legal consequences.