Essay Archive - International Law
International Law
International law is the body of legal rules that apply between
sovereign states and such other entities as have been granted international
personality (status acknowledged by the international community). The rules
of international law are of a normative character, that is, they prescribe
towards conduct, and are potentially designed for authoritative
interpretation by an international judicial authority and by being capable
of enforcement by the application of external sanctions. The International
Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations,
which succeeded the ....
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