SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
TREATIES referendum held for that purpose, and recognized
1. ICJ ARTTICLE 38
1. The Court, whose function is to decide in
accordance with international law such
disputes as are submitted to it, shall apply:
A. international conventions, whether general or
particular, establishing rules expressly recognized
by the contesting states;
B. international custom, as evidence of a general
practice accepted as law;
C. the general principles of law recognized by
civilized nations;
D. subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial
decisions and the teachings of the most highly
qualified publicists of the various nations, as
subsidiary means for the determination of rules of
law.
2. This provision shall not prejudice the power
of the Court to decide a case ex aequo et bono,
if the parties agree thereto.
Ex aequo et bono (Latin for "according to the
right and good" or "from equity and conscience")
is a Latin phrase that is used as a legal term of art.
2.
as a treaty by the other contracting State.
ARTICLE VII
SECTION 20. The President may contract or
guarantee foreign loans on behalf of the
Republic of the Philippines with the prior
concurrence of the Monetary Board, and subject
to such limitations as may be provided by law.
The Monetary Board shall, within thirty days
from the end of every quarter of the calendar
year, submit to the Congress a complete report
of its decisions on applications for loans to be
contracted or guaranteed by the Government or
government-owned and controlled corporations
which would have the effect of increasing the
foreign debt, and containing other matters as
may be provided by law.
SECTION 21. No treaty or international
agreement shall be valid and effective unless
concurred in by at least two-thirds of all the
Members of the Senate.
ARTICLE XVIII
SECTION 25. After the expiration in 1991 of the
Agreement between the Republic of the
Philippines and the United States of America
concerning Military Bases, foreign military
bases, troops, or facilities shall not be allowed in
the Philippines except under a treaty duly
concurred in by the Senate and, when the
Congress so requires, ratified by a majority of
the votes cast by the people in a national