LAWS 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peremptory Norm, Victorio, Berlin Wall

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Law
• Course: LAWS 2601
• Professor: Trevor Purvis

Document Summary

Human rights a law above law, above the level of state made law. Jus cogens norms of internaional law (binding) (torture) anyone in the world can use internaional jurisdicion to prosecute. Concepts key ideas from the core of the disciple, ideas and contested ideas, and the interrelaion of the ideas. Insituions the emergence of insituions such as the red cross, who, imf, league of. Contexts the dissoluion of the roman empire, discovery of americas, protestant reformaion (sovereign rulers), batle of sulfereno 1857, red cross leader witnessed this and opened red cross, 9/11, fall of berlin wall.