What are similarities between Domestic Law and International Law?

Answer 1

International law is different from national law because international law is not enforced. All it is is a system of treaties and conventions that prevent other countries from doing things that are wrong.

For instance, if you make a treaty with Britain to not force the US to join back with them, they can't "legally" do that. If they do, we can tell the countries around them to not do anything with them, and then they will suffer the consequences.

This is different from national law because you get a punishment for violations of any law that your nation provides. You cannot make international laws without treaties and conventions because there is no superior court to deal with them, except the International Court of Justice. The international court of justice is where representatives get together to decide if a country has violated its treaties or other internationally-agreed conventions.

Answer 2

Domestic law is the statutes and (to a lesser degree) regulations of a particular country which explain how to interpret the statutes of that country or its subdivisions. International law is what is called a "treaty," and usually does not directly create a crime or create or prohibit anything by individuals. Instead a treaty or "international law" sets an obligation of a country that is a signatory to the treaty to make a domestic law which does something related to that treaty. This can make certain actions illegal, prohibit or require something to be done, or set standards for certain practices.

Typically, violation of international law carries no penalties; it is only the domestic law of the jurisdiction where the person is from (if they are outside of a country) or the jurisdiction where the act was committed that determines whether a crime was or was not committed.