Talk:History of public international law

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[edit] Consulate of the Sea

Missing a referencve to this internationall law, from the XIII century, writen in Catalonia.--Paco ✉ 14:49, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

The piece on customary law - absence of reasoning:

The article reads in relevant part, "Before World War II, a nation would not have been considered to be bound by a rule unless it had formally agreed to be bound by it, or it was already customarily abiding by that rule. Now, however, merely consenting to an international practice is sufficient to be bound by it, without signing a treaty." This statement appears quite misleading. What I think was intended to be conveyed was that the origins of customary international law were partly restated by the ICJ in several of its decisions that appeared to dilute the then existing so-called strict requirements for the recognition of a rule as a rule of custom. The pre-post WWII position (referring to the extinguishing of the PCIJ under the League and the birth of the ICJ under the Charter) has nothing to do with custom itself. All that it can mean is the shift from the pre ICJ scenario to ICJ & after. Clarification to this effect is necessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.130.238 (talk) 07:26, 30 September 2007 (UTC)