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The key sources of international law according to Article 38 of the ICJ Statute are treaties, customs, and general principles. Treaties create binding legal obligations between states that are parties to them. Customs become law through consistent state practice out of a sense of legal obligation. General principles are used to fill gaps and derive from domestic legal systems. Other sources that help determine international law include judicial decisions, scholarly writings, and soft law instruments.
- Author
- Mustafa shah
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- EN