LAWS 2601 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Pacta Sunt Servanda, International Court, Cogeneration

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Law
• Course: LAWS 2601
• Professor: Gilles Le Vasseur

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Introduction: custom is regarded as an authentic expression of the needs and values of the community at any given time. (52) It (cid:449)as (cid:374)ot (cid:374)e(cid:272)essa(cid:396)(cid:455) that the p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e i(cid:374) (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) had to (cid:271)e (cid:858)i(cid:374) a(cid:271)solutel(cid:455) (cid:396)igo(cid:396)ous (cid:272)o(cid:374)fo(cid:396)(cid:373)it(cid:455)(cid:859) (cid:449)ith the pu(cid:396)po(cid:396)ted (cid:272)usto(cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:455) (cid:396)ule. It is the international context which plays the vital part in the creation of custom. It is how states behave in practice that forms the basis of customary law, but evidence of what a state does can be obtained from numerous sources. (58) The need for such a belief, i. e. the existence of a subjective element, is implicit in the very notion of the opinion juris sive neccessitatis. (61) (nicaragua case) It is thus clear that the court has adopted and maintained a high threshold with regard to the overt proving of the subjective constituent of customary law formation. (61)