International Journal of Law and Legal Studies

ISSN 2736-1608

International Journal of Law and Legal Studies ISSN 2463-5634 Vol. 8 (3), pp. 001-005, March, 2020. © International Scholars Journals

Full Length Research Paper

A critical appraisal of the doctrine of obligation in international law

Law Egbomuche-Okeke

Department of Political Science, Madona University, Okija, Nigeria. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected].

Accepted 09 January, 2020

Abstract

In terms of politics, obligations are requirements which must be fulfilled and these are generally in the form of legal obligations, which incur a penalty for lack of fulfillment, although certain people are obliged to carry out certain actions for other reasons which may be based on traditional or social idiosyncrasies. This paper is an attempt at x-raying the major schools of thought as well as the basis of obligation in international law.

Key words: Obligations, voluntarism, resolutions, regulations, rules of procedure.