Problems Raised by Unilateral Attempts to Extend Territorial Sovereignty: The Example of Iceland ...

• Main Author: Partridge, Jr., Benjamin W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: American University 2023
• Subjects: Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.57912/23833143; https://aura.american.edu/articles/thesis/Problems_Raised_by_Unilateral_Attempts_to_Extend_Territorial_Sovereignty_The_Example_of_Iceland/23833143

The law of nations is not an enactment of an international legislative body nor is it the autocratic pronouncement of an international supra-sovereign. It is, instead, the present mutually accepted body of rules which govern the conduct of and relations between the nations of the world. These rules have been established by long-accepted international practices; by unilateral actions without objections on the part of other nations, by treaties, agreements, and proclamations; by the rulings and findings of international tribunals and arbitral bodies; and, in recent years, by agreements within and the official utterances of supra-national organizations such as the United Nations. ...