Discuss the relationship between public international law and municipal law
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''Municipal law” has two very different meanings. When you’re studying or practicing international law, and you see references to “municipal law,” it means the law of a particular country. Spanish law or Nigerian law. Aka “domestic law.”
In other contexts, at least in the U.S. legal system, “municipal law” means the law enacted by a particular city government. So a local ordinance passed by the city of South Portland, Maine or Houston, Texas would be one type of municipal law, in that context. Law that affects only people in that city (not the entire state or the country).
“International law” is a set of legal fields that govern issues that cross national borders. It includes the law of war, the Geneva Conventions, international treaties on trade or copyright or aviation, international rules for sale of goods, etc. — anything that involves legal issues that involve relationships between countries or between people or companies in different countries.