LAWS 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Retorsion, Thomas Hobbes, Lex Mercatoria

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Pre-20th century: law governing relations between states (the only subjects of international law) States were the only meaningful legal personalities/subjects that were recognized. They were the persons that international law recognized o. States are still the fundamental personalities of this law. Questioned whether or not organizations like the un has legal. Intergovernmental organizations do have international legal personalities - if they didn"t, the governments wouldn"t have been able to do what it was set up to do. States coming together and saying that we need organizations such as these facilitate these types of organization in the international field. Still dominated by states (only entities with full legal personality) 1945: individuals are considered subject of international law and can be culpable under these terms (charged under international law) Crimes against humanity - everyone is seen as a bearer of human rights and if a significant amount of your rights are violated it coincides with the definition of c. a. h.

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