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[1] International law has three
primary sources: international conventions, international customs, and general
principles of law recognized by civilized nations (see Statute of the International Court of Justice, Art. 38).
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[2] Note that although the more usual European form of “dowry marriage” is a marriage in which a bride brings money or property to her new husband and his family as her s“dowry”, as practiced in Gabon and many other African and Islamic countries, a “dowry marriage” is a form of marriage whereby the groom's family pays a “dowry” to the bride's family as a symbol of her passage from her family of birth to the family of her husband. This form of dowry marriage is also often called a “brideprice” marriage.
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[3] For more information see “Special Court for Sierra Leone”.
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[4] For more information see “International Criminal Tribunal for
Rwanda”.
