Kinds of International Law

• Private International Law: – The term private International law may be defined as under: “That branch of International law which determines that which law is to be applied to a specific case containing a foreign element is called Private International law.” Explanation: – From the above definition it is evident that private international law is to regulate those cases where a foreign element involves in the matter and the difficulty arose that which law shall be applicable to the case, in other words when it becomes difficult for a domestic court that the law of which state shall be applicable to a certain case because the case contains an element of a foreign state/states law. In such a case private international law comes to help because it determines that which law shall be applicable to a certain case.

• Public International Law: – The term Public International Law may be defined as under: “A body of legal rules which regulates the relation of states inter se as well as their relations with other non-state entities is said to be Public International law.” Explanation: – From the above definition it may be concluded that Public International law is a set of legal rules which not only regulates the relations between the Nation States but also regulates their relations with other non-state entities. In other words it is a body of rules which regulates the relationship of the international actors with each other. These international actors may be given as under: States, individuals, NGO’s, IGO’s, Multi-National Corporations and Movements.