Ex injuria jus non oritur

Ex injuria jus non oritur (Latin for "law (or right) does not arise from injustice") is a principle of international law.[1] The phrase implies that "illegal acts do not create law".[2] This principle was used to create the Stimson Doctrine. The rival principle is ex factis jus oritur, in which the existence of facts creates law.[3] Both principles are utilized concomitantly in historical and contemporary international law, and applied situationally, depending on the informing circumstance.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Glossary of International Law Terms". University of Washington School of Law. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
  2. ↑ Brigitte Stern (1998). Dissolution, continuation, and succession in Eastern Europe. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 978-90-411-1083-1.
  3. ↑ Tim Hillier (1998). Sourcebook on public international law. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-85941-050-9.
  4. ↑ Kreijen, Gerard, ed. (2004). State, sovereignty, and international governance (reprinted ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-924538-3.
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