Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is correct?

  1. Sources of public international law are the writings of jurists.

  2. Sources of public international law are the treaties.

  3. Source of public international law is treatise.

  4. Sources of public international law are the judicial precedents.
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Explanation

Sources of international law include treaties, international customs, general principles of law as recognised around the world, the decisions of national and lower courts, and scholarly writings. They are the materials and processes out of which the rules and principles regulating the international community are developed. They have been influenced by a range of political and legal theories.

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