International public law is increasingly being implemented in national law. This fact is caused by the most banal, but from this no less important process - globalization. Therefore, it is important to clearly understand which industries are components of international law and with what acts they are regulated.
Branches of public international law
As in national legislation, the international counterpart has its own special branches of public law. They are diverse and affect almost all areas of activity of both states and ordinary individuals.
The most important among them is the section “Law of international treaties”. This situation is explained by a simple fact: the industry is actually the basis for the functioning of the remaining components of international public law. It incorporates the legal regulation of the whole process of creation, functioning and termination of international acts.
The second most important industry is the Law of Diplomatic and Consular Relations. In fact, it represents a continuation of the first industry and is its source.
The third branch, “The Law of International Organizations”, which establishes all aspects of the activities of intergovernmental and other state level unions and organizations, logically follows from the first two. At the same level with it is the industry, “International Human Rights Law”.
Next, a block of industries aimed at organizing security should be highlighted. They include:
- international security law - which includes, inter alia, the suppression of aggression wars;
- the law governing the foundations of the territory of countries;
- international law aimed at combating terrorism, and more recently, the fight against international piracy;
- international humanitarian law ;
- criminal law in an international context.
The next block received the conditional name "economic". It includes the following branches of public law: economic, labor, maritime, air and space. Although the latter with equal success can be attributed to the next block.
International public law resolves issues that are also related to science. Therefore, a naturally formed block of the right to cooperation in scientific and technological progress, environmental, as well as the right to protect the world heritage.
The industry of international procedural law stands apart.
As you can see, international public law successfully covers all the most significant areas of public life.
Sources of Public International Law
But the regulation of the above sectors occurs in a slightly different way than is adopted in national legislation. In this case, the sources of public international law should be divided into two categories.
The first category may include basic norms, which are included in the framework of generally recognized rules. The forms for the latter are an international treaty and an international custom.
The first is both multilateral and bilateral. It can be called directly by a treaty or by a convention, agreement, etc. The main condition is that at least 2 states must accept it.
International custom does not require such a procedure. Its name itself clearly indicates that this unspoken rule has already been adopted in relations between countries, and therefore does not require a special ratification procedure.
The second block consists of derivatives and auxiliary sources. International public law includes resolutions, international judicial precedents and doctrines.
From all of the above it is clear that today international public law plays a significant role not only among its subjects, but also seriously affects the development of the laws of countries.