Making International Custom More Tangible.

2 -3 July 2015

The McCoubrey Centre for International Law is hosting its second conference for research scholars and early career scholars, addressing questions surrounding customary international law.

Conference themes

• What role can and should custom play in the making of international law?
• The normative foundations of custom (i.e. what makes custom law)
• Evidential requirements for customary international law (e.g. constituent elements, context, and burden of proof)
• The role of national and international courts in the creation of customary rules
• The role of non-State actors in the development of customary international law
• Regional variations in the process/content of customary international law
• Variations in the ‘method’ of customary international law in different fields/regimes of international law
• Interdisciplinary approaches to custom

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