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AKEHURST
State practice national law
Evidence of international law state practice
No contrary practice it will become a customary law
Article 38 (d)
Elements of state practice
Significance of state practice
Land locked states ex. Latin America
Treaties state practice and opinion juris = customary law
What is opinion juris? .. amount to legal obligation ..act done by mere convenience not
opinion juris
NCS case
o Why article 6 is not applicable?
o Special agreement, special circumstances before customary law
o What is a reservation? Customary law there should be no reservations
o What is customary law under this case? State practice extensive and virtually
uniformed
o Time element? Short period is not a bar to state practice
o Separately prove opinion juris
Nicaragua case
o reservation???
o Prohibition against the use of force customary law since part of the UN na codified
no longer customary law but treaty law
o They co-exist independently