concept of international law

Basic concepts of international law such as treaties can be traced back thousands of years.

More broadly, they challenged the concept of international law itself, the first principle of which is that treaties must be obeyed.

Rather than caring for the opinions of mankind, President Bush jokes, "Call my lawyer," when the concept of international law is raised.

Falk would not wish to see his elastic concept of international law and global governance stretched very far, given his suspicion of American motives.

"The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law.

The fact that these statements recognize the application of this concept of international law in ordinary courts is a milestone in the history of international human rights.

One such paper posits the existence of a new, threatening concept of international law that would gradually strip nations of their sovereignty, replacing national laws with global norms.

A concept of international law, expressed in Latin by the phrase ius gentium, existed by custom and consensus, and not in any written code or sworn treaty.

Why do you tolerate this blackmail from a country which admitted a short while ago that it had secret prisons all over the world, in infringement of every concept of international law?

In the past, these groups have tended to argue that the trials hold some validity, either under the Geneva Convention (even though Japan hadn't signed it), or under an undefined concept of international law or consensus.

The ius gentium or jus gentium (Latin, "law of nations") is a concept of international law within the ancient Roman legal system and Western law traditions based on or influenced by it.

It is blatant intervention in the internal affairs of an independent country, it infringes every concept of international law and it is equivalent to a declaration of war against a people standing up against imperialist barbarity.

Whatever its ultimate conclusion, the case has already resulted in a fundamental change in concepts of international law to allow the prosecution of dictators and leaders of repressive regimes by courts in countries where the alleged abuses did not occur.

Justice Souter said that in the 18th century, there were three offenses that were seen as violating the contemporary concept of international law: violation of a promise to give "safe conduct," piracy and "infringement of the rights of ambassadors."

Thus the Iranian concept of international law comes down to this: It's acceptable for Iranian mobs to seize a U.S. embassy, to hold diplomats prisoner for 444 days, to reject unanimous censure for its violations of law by the U.N. Security Council and the World Court.

Accusing the United States of torturing terrorist suspects in Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, Mr. Pinter called the invasion of Iraq - for which he said Britain was also responsible - "a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law."