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Practice question: Judicial Decisions

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Practice question

Under ILC Conclusion 13, which national judicial materials may appropriately serve as subsidiary means for identifying customary international law?
  1. Only decisions about private etiquette.
  2. No national decisions under any circumstances.
  3. National court decisions concerning the existence and content of customary rules.
  4. Every domestic traffic judgment regardless of subject.
  5. Only anonymous summaries lacking judgments.

Legal references

  • ICJ Statute, Articles 38(1)(d) and 59: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/statute-of-the-international-court-of-justice
  • ILC, Conclusions on Identification of Customary International Law (2018), Conclusions 2 and 12–14: https://legal.un.org/ilc/texts/instruments/english/draft_articles/1_13_2018.pdf

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