Friday, 17 December 2021

One liner notes on Public International Law: Part 3

 

Vande Matram!

These are some one liner notes on Public International Law. Read them carefully and note them for your knowledge.

One liner notes on Public International Law: Part 3

 

·        As per Torsten Gihl, “The term International Law means the body of rules of law, which apply within the International Community or society of States.”

·        As per J.L. Brierly, “The Law of Nations or International Law may be defined as the body of rules and principles of action, which are binding upon civilized states in their relations with one another.”

·        Gray said, “International law or the Law of Nations is the name of a body of rules which according to their usual definitions regulate the conduct of states in their intercourse with each other.”

·        In Queen v. Keyn (1876), Lord Coleridge, C.J., defined International law as “The law of nations is that collection of usages which civilized States have agreed to observe in their dealings with one another.”

·        Hackworth similarly defines, “International Law consists of a body of rules governing the relations between States.”

·        According to Cobbett, International Law may be described as the sum of the rules accepted by civilized States as determining their conduct towards each other, and towards each other's subjects.

·        As per Fenwick International law may be defined in broad terms as the body of general principles and specific rules which are binding upon the members of the international community in their mutual relations.

·        The words ‘members of the international community' include States, international institutions, individuals and non-State entities.

·        Whiteman defined International law is the standard of conduct, at a given time, for States and other entities subject thereto.

·        International Law is, more or less, in a continual state of change and development.

·        Schwarzenberger defined International law as the body of legal rules which apply between sovereign States and such other entities as have been granted international personality.



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