International Law

International law governs how nation states should deal with each other.

Today's International Law is based on custom; it's evolved over the centuries and has been influenced by the behaviour of Europe's most powerful nations.

The community governed by International law is not made up of people, but of political units known as States, which in turn, are represented by their governments.

But nation states are not static, and the political map of the world does change over time. The most significant change over the last fifty years or so, is that today, by being members of the United Nations, most countries play some role in global politics.

• Terra Nullius Defined
• International Law
• Colonisation
• Human Rights
• Takeovers
• Bases For Takeovers
• Justifications
• Barbarism
• Hierarchies Of Land Use
• Recent Changes To International Law
• Territorial Integrity
• The Common Law Of England
• Common Law Rules For New English Territories
• Settled & Conquered Colonies
• The Status Of The Australian Colonies
• Reception Of English Law
• Sovereignty & Ownership Distinguished
• Other Lands Settled By The British
• Terra Nullius & Australia
• Crown Land
• Gove Case
• The Gove Decision Questioned
• The Mabo Case
• The Mabo Decision
• Britain's Acquisition Of Sovereignty
• Pre-Existing Land Rights
• The Doctrine Of Tenures Reconsidered
• Extinguishment Of Native Title
• Sovereignty & Indigenous Self-Government