CTWD 4 Prelims Flashcards
Collective efforts to identify,
understand and address
worldwide problems that go
beyond the problem-solving
capacities of states
Global Governance
Laws that regulate
relations of states
and international
persons
International Law
Laws that regulate
individuals among
themselves or within
the state
National Law
War should be the
last resort of all
nations if all means
have been exhausted
International Law
The Separation of the
State and the Church
shall be inviolable
National Law
Requires the re-enactment
of by the legislative body
of such international law
principles are sought to be
part of municipal law
Doctrine of
Transformation
The Philippines renounces war as an
instrument of national policy, adopts
the generally accepted principles of
international law as part of the law of
the land and adheres to the policy of
peace, equality, justice, freedom,
cooperation, and amity with all nations.
Doctrine of
Incorporation
Sources of International Laws
- Decision of national and lower courts
- Scholarly writings
- Executive Agreements
- Concordat
- International Conventions
- International customs
_________________ __________________ concluded between
States, in written form and governed by
International Law, embodied either in a
single instrument or in two or more
instruments and whatever its particular
designation.
International Conventions
- Agreement between
two countries - Visiting Forces
Agreement
Bilateral
- Agreement between
three or more
countries - UNCLOS
Multilateral
*Customary Law
*Rules derived from the consistent
conduct of states, acting out of the
belief that the belief that the law
required to act them that way
International Customs
- Compulsory political
organization with a centralized
government that maintains the
legitimate use of force within a
certain territory
State
- Community of persons more or less
numerous, permanently occupying a definite
portion of territory, having a government
of their own to which the great body of
inhabitants render obedience, and enjoying
freedom from external control
State
*A group of people bound together by
certain characteristics such as common
social origin, language, customs and
traditions and who believe that they are
one and distinct from others.
Nation