International Law entries covers fundamental international law concepts. Among the topics covered will be the history and various aspects of the international legal systems, establishing jurisdiction in various international courts, different issues in international human rights law, and the changing legal terrain after the attacks of 9/11/2001.
The Legal History of Executive Power This section provides an overview of Executive Power in an historical perspective. Absence of Any Executive Power Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Absence of Any Executive Power, wrote in 1921: This […]
International Law consists of the rules and principles of general application dealing with the conduct of States and of international organizations in their international relations with one another and with private individuals, minority groups and transnational companies. Legal Issues […]
PART XV SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 279 Obligation to settle disputes by peaceful means States Parties shall settle any dispute between them concerning the interpretation or application of this Convention by peaceful means in accordance with Article 2, […]
Language Language Model Syntax in Legal Information Retrieval The following is a basic concept of Language Model Syntax in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Language Model Syntax may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. […]
Introduction to War War, in international law, armed conflict between two or more governments or states. When such conflicts assume global proportions, they are known as world wars. War between different parts or factions of the same nation is called civil war. A rebellion is not legally […]
Opposition to a Real International Court Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Opposition to a Real International Court, wrote in 1921: 59. But, incredible as it may sound, this is not generally recognized. It is just among the old champions of the […]
Political Theory: The State Introduction to State The central concern of political theorists throughout history has been the theory of the state. Plato contributed to the founding of this theory in his discourse the Republic, which attempted to reconcile moral theory and political practice by […]
Fundamentals of Arbitration in Contradistinction to Administration of Justice by a Court Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Fundamentals of Arbitration in Contradistinction to Administration of Justice by a Court, wrote in 1921: 58. The second ground […]
Law Of Nations Summary of Law Of Nations
An outdated term for what is now known as public international law (read this and related legal terms for further details).
(Main Author: William J. Miller)
Is the Law of Nations an Anarchic Law? Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled […]
The New York Convention is an international treaty. As such, it is part of public international law. Consequently, the courts called upon to apply the Convention must interpret it in accordance with the […]
The Legal History of Public Law of Administration This section provides an overview of Public Law of Administration Law Can Exist Without Official Administration Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Law Can Exist Without Official Administration, […]
Order in Canadian Procedural Law Find materials in the Canadian legal Encyclopedia that anlyze Order. Order in International Trade Meaning of Order, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A request to deliver, sell, receive, or purchase goods or services. All […]
Hague Peace Conferences as an Organ For International Legislation Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Hague Peace Conferences as an Organ For International Legislation, wrote in 1921: 31. International law of the legislative kind existed before the law […]
International Legislation Initiated by the Congress of Vienna Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about International Legislation Initiated by the Congress of Vienna, wrote in 1921: 6. A positive theory of international law was demanded by the fact that in […]
The Hague Peace Conferences as a Permanent Institution Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Hague Peace Conferences as a Permanent Institution, wrote in 1921: 10. Lastly, it is noteworthy that in the Final Act of the second Hague Conference a […]
Equality Before the Law in the CEDAW Article 15: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Equality Before the Law, that all countries are required to ensure that women are given equality before the law. In particular, […]
Introduction to Permanent Court of Arbitration Permanent Court of Arbitration, panel of arbitrators established by the Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes, signed by 24 nations at the first international peace conference at The Hague, the Netherlands, in 1899. The […]
The Family of Nations is a Society Ruled by Law Although it Does Not as Yet Possess Special Organs Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Family of Nations is a Society Ruled by Law Although it Does Not as Yet Possess Special Organs, wrote in 1921: 15. […]
International Law: International Courts and Organizations Introduction to International Courts Judicial decisions rendered by international courts are important elements in identifying and confirming international legal rules. The most important international courts are the UN International […]
International Laws Which Are Limited in Point of Time Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about International Laws Which Are Limited in Point of Time, wrote in 1921: 40. So also, the difficulty is not insuperable as regards the other point, namely, that […]
Legal Issues International treaties and conventions are, or should be, based on the presumption that all sovereign states are equal. This presumption forms the basis for the operation of the rules of conflict of laws.5 No country can directly enforce its domestic law within the territory of […]
Article 23 (h) of the Hague Regulations of Land War is an Example Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Article 23 (h) of the Hague Regulations of Land War is an Example, wrote in 1921: An example of such carelessness is afforded by the incorporation–at […]
Ancient History The need for some principles and rules of conduct between independent states arises whenever such states enter into mutual relations. Rules governing the treatment of foreign traders, travelers, and ambassadors, as well as the conclusion and observance of treaties, […]
Legislation of the Peace Conferences and of the Naval Conference of London Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Legislation of the Peace Conferences and of the Naval Conference of London, wrote in 1921: 8. With the end of the nineteenth and the first […]
Intentionally Incomplete and Fragmentary Laws Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Intentionally Incomplete and Fragmentary Laws, wrote in 1921: 44. Of course, where the interests of different states are still involved in some uncertainty, or are in […]
The Opposing Interests of the Several States Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Opposing Interests of the Several States, wrote in 1921: 33. There is, secondly, the difficulty of contenting the opposite interests of the members of the community of […]
Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Positive International Law, wrote in 1921: 5. That, by the side of his international law, with its basis in natural law, there was also a positive international law, was not unrecognized by Grotius, but his purpose […]
Importance of Pacificism Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Importance of Pacificism, wrote in 1921: 21. It is here that the importance and value of the modern pacificist movement emerge with clearness. Wide circles are caught by this movement, even […]
Court of Appeal in Election Law Appellate jurisdiction which reexamines cases that have already been judged in a court of first instance (see: Court of first instance). The electoral law may appoint a court of appeal to reconsider decisions on election-related cases handed down by an election […]
Obstacles to Progress Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Obstacles to Progress, wrote in 1921: 77. Favourable as the auspices are for continuous progress, there are not wanting, on the other hand, influences and circumstances opposed to progress. In […]
New Tasks For the Science of International Law Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about New Tasks For the Science of International Law, wrote in 1921: 67. International organization and legislation and the establishment of international courts are the […]
Quasi-legislation Within the Domain of International Law Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Quasi-legislation Within the Domain of International Law, wrote in 1921: 30. When we speak of legislation we have in view as a rule a state, wherein there is a […]
Resources See Also International Law; World War I study by N. Bentwich (1911). Further Reading (Books) International Naval Conference. The Declaration of London, February 26, 1909: A Collection of Official Papers and Documents Relating to the International Naval Confer…
The Proposed International Prize Court and Court of Arbitral Justice Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Proposed International Prize Court and Court of Arbitral Justice, wrote in 1921: 52. The second Peace Conference took, however, another great […]
The Aims Defended Are Not Utopian Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Aims Defended Are Not Utopian, wrote in 1921: 76. We have reached the end. I have conducted the reader over wide areas, and have put before him aims which cannot be immediately […]
Necessary to Understand Foreign Juristic Methods Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Necessary to Understand Foreign Juristic Methods, wrote in 1921: 75. In worse plight than even the employment of foreign literature is the understanding of foreign […]
The Meaning of kriegsraeson Geht Vor Kriegsmanier Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Meaning of kriegsraeson Geht Vor Kriegsmanier, wrote in 1921: 71. My first example is taken from the use made of the German maxim 'Kriegsraeson geht vor […]
International Courts of Appeal a Necessity Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about International Courts of Appeal a Necessity, wrote in 1921: 62. Obviously it will not be possible in the long run to stop at a single international court; the erection over […]
International Relations Actors in International Relations Nations Introduction to Nations The nations themselves are the most important actors in international relations. A nation is a territory with a defined border and a government that answers to no higher authority than its own. …
The Law of Nature as the Basis of the Law of Nations Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Law of Nature as the Basis of the Law of Nations, wrote in 1921: 4. A theoretical basis for the erection of a system of international law was provided by the […]
Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about International Administrative Union, wrote in 1921: 7. Another fact of great importance is the endeavour, which first manifested itself in the World Postal Union of 1874, to carry out the international administration […]
The Hague Court of Arbitration as a Permanent Institution Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Hague Court of Arbitration as a Permanent Institution, wrote in 1921: 51. Until the end of the nineteenth century the society of states possessed no organ […]
A Way Out Found in the Difference Between Universal and General International Law Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about A Way Out Found in the Difference Between Universal and General International Law, wrote in 1921: But when once we free ourselves from […]
The Pacifists Ideal of an Organization of the Family of Nations Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The Pacifists Ideal of an Organization of the Family of Nations, wrote in 1921: 17. Hitherto, the demand for an organization of the international […]
The World-state is Not Desirable Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The World-state is Not Desirable, wrote in 1921: 18. Whatever else can be urged against a universal federal state and the like, it is at the present day no longer a physical […]
Right of Intervention by Third States and War as ultima Ratio Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Right of Intervention by Third States and War as ultima Ratio, wrote in 1921: 66. If, however, in spite of all, it should happen that a state declined […]
Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Interpretation of International Statutes, wrote in 1921: 45. But even if international legislation attains the degree of success suggested, there still remains another great difficulty which must indirectly influence […]
Davis's Interpretation of Article 23 (h) Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Davis's Interpretation of Article 23 (h), wrote in 1921: 37. This is also the opinion of Davis, one of the American delegates to the second Hague Conference; he gives […]
Contrasted Methods of Drafting Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about Contrasted Methods of Drafting, wrote in 1921: 34. There is further the difficulty of finding expression in adequate language for the intention of the legislator. Even the internal […]