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Equity - A General Principle Of Law Recognised By Civilised Nations? - QUT Law & Justice Journal Vol 4 No 1 2004

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EQUITY – A GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF LAW RECOGNISED BY CIVILISED NATIONS?

Justice Margaret White*

I have chosen as my text Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice which sets out what the Court needs to have regard to when deciding disputes submitted to it.  One source set out in Article 38 is the 'general principles of law recognised by civilised nations'. 

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