Executive Power

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

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 […]

Settlement of Disputes

  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 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. […]

War

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 […]

International Court

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 […]

State

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 […]

Law of Nations

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An outdated term for what is now known as public international law (read this and related legal terms for further details).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 […]

1958 Convention: Interpretation

1958 Convention: Interpretation

    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 […]

Administration

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, […]

Equality

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, […]

Permanent Court of Arbitration

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 […]

International Courts

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 […]

Sovereignty

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 […]

History of International Law

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, […]

Peace Conferences

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 […]

Positive International Law

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 […]

Pacificism

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 […]

Nature

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 […]

International Administrative Union

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 […]

Right of Intervention

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 […]