Identification of custom in international law

The paper analyzes an issue of fundamental significance for international law - the procedure for the identification of custom in public international law. Since customary law may be qualified as a sui generis source of international law, instruments and procedures for proving customs are of major i...

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Main Authors: Milisavljević Bojan, Čučković Bojana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, Serbia 2014-01-01
Series:Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
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Online Access:http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2014/0003-25651403031M.pdf
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description The paper analyzes an issue of fundamental significance for international law - the procedure for the identification of custom in public international law. Since customary law may be qualified as a sui generis source of international law, instruments and procedures for proving customs are of major importance. Particular attention is given to the role of custom in modern international law. The first part of the paper outlines the work of the International Law Commission relating to formation and evidence of customary law, including its identification. The second part of the article analyzes the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice concerning the process of formation of customary law, instruments through which it is evidenced, as well as the procedures for evidencing it. Particularly noteworthy is the necessity to introduce objectified rules for detecting customs and to determine the scope of these rules, both internationally - for a number of actors, as well as internally - in the legal systems of States.
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spelling doaj-art-cb9bdf3201fa4ed88256711c16d203b22025-08-20T03:23:38ZengUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, SerbiaAnali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu0003-25652406-26932014-01-01623315110.5937/AnaliPFB1403031M0003-25651403031MIdentification of custom in international lawMilisavljević Bojan0Čučković Bojana1University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Law, Belgrade, SerbiaThe paper analyzes an issue of fundamental significance for international law - the procedure for the identification of custom in public international law. Since customary law may be qualified as a sui generis source of international law, instruments and procedures for proving customs are of major importance. Particular attention is given to the role of custom in modern international law. The first part of the paper outlines the work of the International Law Commission relating to formation and evidence of customary law, including its identification. The second part of the article analyzes the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice concerning the process of formation of customary law, instruments through which it is evidenced, as well as the procedures for evidencing it. Particularly noteworthy is the necessity to introduce objectified rules for detecting customs and to determine the scope of these rules, both internationally - for a number of actors, as well as internally - in the legal systems of States.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0003-2565/2014/0003-25651403031M.pdfcustomary international lawidentification of customary international lawinternational law commissionInternational Court of justice
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identification of customary international law
international law commission
International Court of justice
title Identification of custom in international law
title_full Identification of custom in international law
title_fullStr Identification of custom in international law
title_full_unstemmed Identification of custom in international law
title_short Identification of custom in international law
title_sort identification of custom in international law
topic customary international law
identification of customary international law
international law commission
International Court of justice
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