DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Bla Bla Bla, Customary International Law, Logical Consequence
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The founding principle is that sovereign states are the primary actors in the international system. International law of coexistence general international law" the division between the powers of the sovereign states for the peaceful coexistence . Includes the issues related to the delimitation of territory, the criteria for statehood, the use of force and bla bla bla + the fundamental principles of treaty law. It"s horizontal in the sense that it is mainly concerned with the manner in which sovereign states interact with each other. International law of cooperation contains the legal answers to issues that are not inherently of interest to two or more states but which have nevertheless been turned into matters of international concern through the adoption of a treaty. The existence of a plurality of sovereign states justifies the binding character of international law international law as a logical consequence of serenity (however some states still breach the duties e. g. russia-crimea)
