ULUSLARARASI KAMU HUKUKU I - Deneme Sınavı - 1

Derogation: Lessening or restriction of the authority, strength, or power of a law, right, or obligation.

Audi alteram partem: Hear the other side (let the other side be heard as well).
Estoppel: A rule of evidence or a rule of law that prevents a person from denying the truth of a statement he has made or from denying facts that he has alleged to exist.
Res judicata: The principle that when a matter has been finally adjudicated upon by a court of competent jurisdiction it may not be reopened or challenged by the original parties or their successors in interest

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the only international court to adjudicate all kinds of inter-State disputes. However, it lacks universal compulsory jurisdiction for settling disputes. The jurisdiction of the Court is consensual and it lacks real power to enforce its decisions.

International law was binding on the States because it was part of the law of nature. This idea can be clearly seen in the writings of Francisco de Vittoria (1480-1546), Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) and Alberico Gentilis (1552-1608).  However, it was Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) who secularized the concept of natural law while making a distinction between jus naturale and jus gentium. He based the law of nations on customs and treaties in addition to the law of nature. The law of nature, according to him, was the dictate of right and reason, not of divine prescriptions.