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De Jure Belli ac Pacis
Hugo de Groot, published his De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Laws of War and Peace). He has come to be regarded as the father of international law. -
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Modern International Law
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia was negotiated through two diplomatic congresses and resulted in the new political order based upon sovereign States. They became the building blocks of international society and international law. -
"International Law"
Jeremy Bentham coined the term of "International Law" replacing the earlier appellation of "law of nations". -
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States
Consolidation of the states. -
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was intended to secure the long-term peace of Europe and establish regular meetings of European States. This lead to the use of multilateral Conventions and the creation of international organisations. -
Definition of Law
John Austin defined law as commands of a sovereign who is habitually obeyed accompanied by sanctions in the event of any breach. -
Creation of the International Telegraph Union
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Creation of the Universal Postal Union
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Rhine and the Danube Commissions
Multilateral Conventions began to regulate such matters as North Sea fisheries, the protection of submarine cables and slavery and the slave trade and ensure free and safe navigation. -
The League of Nations
The establishment of the first global international organisation with general competence "The League of Nations". It was intended to prevent the repetition of war events but it failed, and its failure can be attributed to the decentralised security system
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Multilateral Conventions
The subject-matter ranging from international waterways (1921), maritime ports (1923) and international straits (1936) through the regulation of opium (1925), slavery (1926) and trafficking in women (1933) to the very first Convention on terrorism (1937). -
World Court
Creation of the World Court, but it was restricted to deciding cases where both disputant States
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Extension of International Law
International Law has an horizontal extension in the dul sense that more states have emerged on to the international arena and international law has developed to embrace areas previously regarded as within the exclusive purview of States. Also, it had a vertical extension in the sense that a substantial corpus of international law is now intended to affect individuals within States. -
United Nations Character
Creation of the United Nations for the maintenance of international peace and security. Till today, it has been a major force in it and in developing international laws by establishing standards that have to be observed by States in their own law. -
International Law Comsission
the General Assembly established the International Law Commission, charged with the progressive development and codification of International Law. -
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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Intensive negotiation of multilateral treaties to create the Law of the Sea