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The Changing Nature of Customary International Law

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The Changing Nature of Customary International Law

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Methods of Interpreting the Concept of Custom in International Criminal Tribunals

The Changing Nature of Customary International Law

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The Changing Nature of Customary International Law book

Methods of Interpreting the Concept of Custom in International Criminal Tribunals
ByNoora Arajärvi
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2014
eBook Published 6 May 2014
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203522868
Pages 214
eBook ISBN 9780203522868
Subjects Law, Politics & International Relations
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Arajärvi, N. (2014). The Changing Nature of Customary International Law: Methods of Interpreting the Concept of Custom in International Criminal Tribunals (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203522868

ABSTRACT

This book examines the evolution of customary international law (CIL) as a source of international law. Using the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as a key case study, the book explores the importance of CIL in the development of international criminal law and focuses on the ways in which international criminal tribunals can be said to change the ways in which CIL is formed and identified. In doing so, the book surveys the process and substance of CIL, as well as the problematic distinction between the elements of state practice and opinio juris.

By applying an inclusive positivist approach, Noora Arajärvi analyses the methodologies of identification of CIL in selected cases of the ICTY, and their normative foundations. Through examination of the case-law and the reasoning of courts and tribunals, Arajärvi demonstrates to what extent the court's chosen method of identification of CIL affects the process of custom formation and the resulting system of norms in general.

The book will be of great value to researchers and scholars of international law, international relations, and practitioners with interests in customary international law.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|41 pages

Genesis of customary international law and international criminal law

chapter 2|26 pages

New concept of customary international law – the role of the international criminal judge

chapter 3|45 pages

Customary international law in the decisions of the ICTY

chapter 4|23 pages

The principle of legality and customary international law

chapter 5|19 pages

The need for a new conceptual framework for the sources in international law

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