Opinio juris is a shortened form of the Latin phrase opinio juris sive necessitatis, which means "an opinion of law or necessity."
OverviewIn customary international law, opinio juris is the second element necessary to establish a...
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The Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations (Indian Mission) is located in a 26-floor building in Manhattan, New York City. New York v. Permanent Mission of Indian to the United Nations, 446 F.3d 365, 367 (2d Cir. 2006). The Mission maintains...
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Clausula rebus sic stantibus is a clause in international conventions (international agreements or treaties) that provides for the unenforceability of a treaty due to fundamentally changed circumstances. The doctrine is one of the oldest norms of...
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In international law, recognition is the process of formally acknowledging the legal existence of a state or government. See Christopher Joyner, International Law in the 21st Century 47 (2005).
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Somali government agents, including the National Security Service (“NSS”) and the military police, allegedly subjected disfavored Somali clans and government opponents to widespread, systematic use of torture, arbitrary detention, and extrajudicial...
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Appealed from: Sanchez: Supreme Court of Oregon; Bustillo: Supreme Court of Virginia
Oral argument: March 29, 2006
Both Petitioners in these cases are foreign nationals convicted...
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Self-determination denotes the legal right of people to decide their own destiny in the international order. Self-determination is a core principle of international law, arising from customary international law, but also recognized as a general...
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A self-executing treaty is a treaty that becomes judicially enforceable upon ratification. As opposed to a non-self executing treaty, which becomes judicially enforceable through the implementation of legislation. A treaty could be identified as...
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Sources of international law refers to where states, organizations, individuals and courts can find principles of international law. One broadly accepted definition of sources of international law includes Article 38 of the ICJ Treaty. According to...
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The attributes of statehood under international law have traditionally been considered the following: territory; population; recognition by other states. See Ian Brownlie, Principles of Public International Law 83-85 (5th ed., Oxford, 1998); Hans...