International Law and Domestic Legal Systems: Incorporation, Transformation, and Persuasion (Introduction)

Authors

Dinah L. Shelton, George Washington University Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Book Part

Publication Date

2011

Status

Accepted

Abstract

This book discusses developments in international law and their relationship to national legal systems. The introduction of the book notes that countries who received their independence from authoritarian regimes are more receptive to international law. A country may adopt either a monist approach to international law, where it considers international law part of its domestic law, or a dualist approach, in which a country separates its national law from international law. The introduction then proceeds to identify sources of international law, including treaties and countries’ methods of complying, customary international law, and declarations. The introduction concludes by noting the increasing presence and evolution of international law.

GW Paper Series

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-61; GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2013-61

SSRN Link

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2235208

Recommended Citation

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DOMESTIC LEGAL SYSTEMS: INCORPORATION, TRANSFORMATION, AND PERSUASION (Dinah Shelton ed., 2011).