Easy Paper 3-3
Customary Law: It is not in writing. Basis of law was tribal. Customary law is the basis of international relations (political relations between countries).
International business law includes:
Arrangements
Treaties
Agreements
Rules
Regulations
Procedures
Amendments
Territorial limits
Alien and citizen rights. Here alien means who is not citizen
General business practises
Private business law
Choice of forum(the court) and jurisdiction
Latin terms for customary law:
Opinio Juris – customary law.
Vienna convention – means on the laws of treaties. They define what treaty is. It defines the treaty as follows:
An international agreement concluded b/w states in written forms governed by international law.
For the Vienna convention to apply- sovereignty is very important.
Sovereignty means entire bundle of attributes and rights that makes state a state.
State, an entity is defined as a territory and population under the control of a government and that engages in foreign relations.
The concept of sovereignty is found in ARTICLE 2 of the UN chart. ARTICLE 1 includes human rights and all.
Sovereign immunity means immunity from prosecution.
The Americans extended the concept of Sovereign immunity and they called “act of state doctrine”.
It provides foreign states an element of immunity from the lawsuits in domestic court.
Criminal Jurisdiction
In order for criminal