Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Preliminary questions
– Is there a convention, are there import cases, what is
a factual background ?
– A list of questions include
• factual questions
• questions about the law.
Secondary sources
• Books and law journal articles
• Sources of international law
Non-legal sources
News, scientific, technical, economic sources helping
the factual context for legal issue. Historical work
can provide evidence for custom.
Sources of law
• United Nations
– Created in 1945 by signing the Charter.
– The UN has six main organs: the General
Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social
Council, Trusteeship Council, Secretariat, and
the International Court of Justice.
– The UN system includes independent
organization, called “specialized agencies”.
• European Union
Fundamental values of the EU