The role of domestic law principles in the development of international law

Abstract EN

International law may be exposed to legal loopholes that express areas in which the law is not sufficient to rule the case, which raises the possibility of resorting to the general principles of law, as a distinct source of international law based on the presumed will of the majority of countries, as it expresses the general trend of commitment to what is included in legal systems.

It is a rule of law, and thus can become a part of the international legal system.

And that is after acknowledging it as a source, which is preceded by its recognition by the general local systems of countries, and thus it contributes a prominent and important role in developing the rules of public international law in general, and international criminal law in particular.

It is applied, in particular, by the internal judiciary to individuals when they commit crimes internal or of an international character, and then it can be transferred to the scope of the international judiciary in order to extract international rules from them based on the general trend in the criminal legislation of different countries