...adjudication is by definition "law." See the Statute of International Court of Justice, Article 38(1)(b): "The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance...such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply . . . international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law." The court identifies...

...(emphasis supplied). Paragraph I (a) of Article 38 olthe Statute reads: 1. The Court, whose limt'tion is to decide in accordance with international law...are submitted to it, shall apply: (a) international convention, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting...

...Stat. 1031, 1060, TS No. 993, http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/ibasicdocuments/Basetext/istatute. htm ("international conventions, whether general or particular,...rules expressly recognized by the contesting states"). ^ Declarations comprise part of international custom which is a source of international law. See Statute...

...Article 19 of the Claims Commission's Rules of Procedure12 directs the Claims Commission to look to: 1 . International Conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the parties; 2. International custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; 3. The general...

...the interpretation of WTO provisions. Article 38(1) provides, to the extent relevant to this chapter: The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance...law; c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations . . . Gabrielle Marceau suggests that at least the items listed under paragraphs...

...Institutions (Clarendon, Oxford, 1995), at 56. 6 Article 38, para. 1, of the ICJ Statute provides: 1. The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance...general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognised by the contesting states; b. international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted...

...as the second source of law. The Rome Statute contains no explicit 1 Statute of International Court of Justice, Article 38. "(i) The court, whose function...such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply: reference to customary norms as a source of law, nor should it as a statute defining a system of criminal...

...of an international obligation.17 As to the application of choice of law, Article 38 maintains that the Court, whose function is to decide in accordance...such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by...

...the Court, it is widely held to be a statement of all of the current sources of international law: The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance...such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply: 1 . international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognised...

...request advisory opinions. In contentious proceedings between states, the ICJ's function is said to be "to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are submitted to it". 43 What is a "dispute"? The ICJ has indicated: The Court, as a judicial organ, is however only concerned...