International Law: Custom as a Source - L3 (T/F Quiz)

Custom is not considered as a source of international law according to the ICJ’s statute. (True/False)

The actual practice of states in forming custom does not involve the duration, consistency, repetition, and generality of a particular kind of behavior. (True/False)

Customary law in international law refers to the legal norms that have developed through formal treaties between states. (True/False)

Principles of customary law can achieve the force of IMPERATIVE NORMS, which cannot be violated or altered. (True/False)

Customs in international law can change based on the acceptance or rejection by states of particular acts. (True/False)

The two fundamental elements of custom are the actual practice of states and the acceptance by states of that practice as law. (True/False)

Customary international law can be distinguished from treaty law.

The consistent and frequent action by states is one of the elements necessary for establishing the structure of a customary law.

Islamic law is derived from the interpretation of the Bible.

Local law is not regarded as part of international law in international tribunals.

International law is generally not treated as correlative in domestic courts.

Customary international law is received in most countries in accordance with the doctrine of incorporation.

Reception rules for treaties depend upon the constitutional structure of the ratifying state only.

General principles of law are not common to main legal systems recognized in the world.

Local law is treated as 'mere fact' procedurally in international tribunals.

States do not have a general obligation to bring their local law into compliance with international norms.