paragraph 375 in volume 3, chapter 27, The Decision

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Article 38, paragraph 1, of the Statute provides:

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 custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law;the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations;

c.

subject to the provisions of Article 59 [see § III.385 below], judi…