International law explained Sources of Public International Law

International Law explained and simplified in an animated explainer video

What are the sources of International public law? Animated Explainer Lex Animata by Hesham Elrafei with subtitles

By Hesham Elrafei

Overview of the sources of international public law as stated in Article 38 of the international court of justice ICJ statute : treaty, customary law, courts decisions, jurisprudence, and law principles.

What are the sources of international law?

The term ‘source of law’ refers to legal rules governing the international community.

Unlike national laws, where sources of law are specified in a norm superior to laws and regulations, usually a constitution, no such norm exists in international law.

The International Court of Justice stipulated a catalog of sources of international law,
which is used when deciding legal disputes submitted before the world court.
the first source is international treaties, whether a general or particular treaty, a bilateral, regional or multinational one, a treaty is a binding international agreement. by which the countries are obliged to observe their contractual obligations. the 2nd source is customary law.

At the outset, international law was mainly constituted by customs. which is by its nature, universal, whereas treaty law binds the parties to these treaties only. International custom consists of 2 elements: First is State practice, which means What generally States Do and Say. Oppinio Juris is the 2nd element of customary law. It means that the state practice has to be accepted as law, by the other states.

In addition to treaties and customs, other sources exist, such as Judicial decisions, juristic writings, and general principles of law. while they are not formal sources, they can still play an important role as evidence of the law.

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[LattiMonstaaa]

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[nhoc]

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[podcast]

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Much appreciated Hesham, fantastic job :)

[SachiHewage]

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[ferideayvazova]

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[aga]

I am going to study International Law, this was helpfull thank you!

[Banthemkh]

It's pretty useful for me as a international relation student! Esp since one of my subject is Public international Law!

[Lwsus]

As an overview, this is quite alright. But just to make it clear, judicial decisions and qualified publicists themselves are no Source of law. They act as subsidiary means to determine a rule of law (Customary law of general Principles of law)

[ebob]

My complaint is that the sound of the piano kind of makes it hard to listen to the narration.

[chiupolini]

The source of international law varies depends on the power balance of countries. In a period when one country is dominant, its guns are the basis of international law. This is a type one situation. When there are more states with approximately equal military powers so that one cannot overpower the other, then you have laws based on treaties and other more civilized sources. This is the type 2 situation. China's rise will eventually move the world from the current type one situation dominated by the US to the type two situation when all nations need to negotiate and come to a consensus instead of being dictated upon by one single power. But there will be a hard fight as the US is unwilling to give up its lead role in international affairs.

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[mushtakdawood]

hi, can I ask what program was used to create this animation? cheers

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