 Global
Governance refers to the process
of designating
standards, laws, rules,
or regulations
intended for a global
scale
 Public
international law or
law of nations, the body
of legal rules, norms, and
standards that apply
between sovereign states
and other entities that are
legally recognized as
international actors.
INTERNATIONAL SUBJECTS
Sovereign states
-
Organizations
Non-state Actors
Public International Law in relation to global
governance
-Public International Law helps the states to
address and solve some global problems and
concerns.
 Doctrine
of Transformation – any
international law must be
consciously/mindfully transformed through
legislation before the said international law
could be implemented locally
 Doctrine
of Incorporation – an automatic
reception of the international law into
domestic law without the formal needs for
official legislation to sanction it and give
effect to it.
 International
law providing normative
guidelines,methods
and mechanisms to
soverign states and
international
organizations.
Example of International law:
United Nation Conventions Law of the Sea
 Example
of International law subjects:
› Human rights
› World trade
› War
› Migration
 International law vs. Domestic law
› Domestic Law - body of law and rules
existing within a country’s territory. Source of
In
1.
International Treaty It is an agreement
formed by
international actors,
such as sovereign
states and
international
organiztions under
the international law.
-cogent source of
international law.
Example of international
Treaty- International
water agreement by
UNCLOS
2. International
Customs - general
practice accepted
as law. [ARTICLE 38
1B] TWO ELEMENTS:
STATE PRACTICE AND
OPINIO JURIS
 EXAMPLE: Head-ofstate immunity.
 General
Principles of
International Law
- Recognized by
Civilized nation
 Judicial
Decisions
- Subsidiary means for
the determination of
rules of law
 Human
rights
 The protection of individuals during wars and
armed conflicts.
 The fight against terrorism and other serious crimes
 Environment
 Trade and development
 Telecommunications
 Transport
 Paradigm
– pattern or a model for something
which explains it or shows how it can be
produced.
 Globalization
 Environmental
Action
 International Trade
 Global Economy