Branches of Public Law- Second Semester- Lecture 5 المحاضرة الخامسة- الكورس الثاني

Public International Law
• Definition: • Public international law is a body of rules which regulate the relationship between international persons such as states and international organizations
Sources of International Law According to Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice:

A. General Sources
International Conventions (Treaties)
International Custom
General Principles
B. Subsidiary Sources
1. Judicial decisions
2. Juristic opinion

Topics of Public International Law: International law deals with various topics that particularly regulate the relationship between its persons: these topics among others
International Personality (State and International Governmental Organizations)
The Sovereignty and equality of states
Recognition
International responsibility
Law of the sea
International Criminal Law
Law of armed conflicts
Settlement of international disputes
International institutions ( for example United Nations)
Constitutional Law

Definition:
Constitutional law is a body of rules which define the form of the state and determine the organs of its government.