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Sources of International Law - Pritzker Legal Research Center. The generally recognized authoritative statement on the sources of international law is the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Article 38, which specifies that the Court, in deciding disputes, shall apply: international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations; subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law.
The first three of these--treaties, custom, and principles of law--are sometimes referred to by lawyers and librarians with a common law background as "primary sources" of international law. Note that case law is considered only a "subsidiary means. " For further reading: Buergenthal, Thomas and Sean D. Harvard National Security Journal — Just another WordPress site. Congressional Research Service Reports. Lawfare › Hard National Security Choices.
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