Read, summarize and contextualize the following 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), entitled Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapon. (see https://www.icj-cij.org/public/files/case-related/95/095-19960708-ADV-01-00-EN.pdf)
The brief should include five elements. The third, fourth, and fifth elements are most important. As such,
they should comprise the majority of the brief. No further external research beyond the course materials is permitted or required.
First, the assignment should provide a short background to the opinion (e.g. who asked the ICJ to get involved?).
Second, it should tell the reader what the main legal issue was (e.g. what question was posed to the ICJ?).
Third, the brief should summarize what major rules or areas of international law were seen to address the above issue (e.g. what treaties and/or customary law were seen to apply?).
Fourth, the brief should tell the reader what the overall conclusion of the Court was regarding the main legal issue, including whether the judges agreed.
Finally, the brief should reflect on why the ICJ concluded the way it did, and how the opinion demonstrates some of the theories of international law that have been covered so far in the course
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