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According to Article 38 of the Statute of International Court of Justice, which is the correct order of the sources of International Law?

  1. Customs, International conventions, General principles of law recognized by civilised States, Judicial decisions and Juristic opinions

  2. International conventions, General principles of law recognized civilised States, Judicial decisions and Juristic opinions

  3. International conventions, Customs, General principles of law recognized by civilised States, Judicial decisions and Juristic opinions

  4. International conventions, Judicial decisions and Juristic works, Customs, General principles of law recognized by civilised States
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Explanation

Article 38 of the International Court of Justice provides that 

  1. The Court, whose function is to decide in accordance with international law such disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply: a. international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; b. international customs, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; c. the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations; d. subject to the provisions of Article 5 - judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law. 

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