Customary international law

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Customary international law

• Lecture 10
• February 4

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ASSIGNMENT -

• Friday, Feb. 6
• DEADLINE FOR TOPIC FOR RESEARCH PAPERS sign-up
  sheet on my desk
• Customary International Law
• Texaco/Libya Arbitration
• Jus Cogens (hand out)
• Prosecutor v. Furundzija
• Michael Domigues Case
• Midterm, March 2 - EKLC E1B20
• Wednesday, March 4 Guest Speaker
• Adjunct Professor David Akerson
• TODAY
• Asylum Case
• Lotus case

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Asylum case

• 1. Court
• 2. Sources
• 3. Facts
• 4. Issue
• 5. Holding and Decision
• 6. Reasoning

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Asylum case

• To be binding under international law must a
  custom be in constant and uniform usage by the
  states in question?

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Lotus case

• 1. Court
• 2. Sources
• 3. Facts
• 4. Issue
• 5. Holding and Decision
• 6. Reasoning
• 7. Significance of case

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4. Issue

• Is there a principle of international law
  prohibiting one state from exercising criminal
  jurisdiction over a foreign national who commits
  acts outside a states national jurisdiction?