INTERNATIONAL LAW SOURCES under Article 38(1) ICJ Statute include:

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D. TREATIES, CUSTOMARY INTERNATIONAL LAW, GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW (recognised by civilised nations), as PRIMARY sources; JUDICIAL DECISIONS and TEACHINGS of publicists as SUBSIDIARY means

1. Article 38(1) ICJ Statute is the canonical statement of SOURCES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW:
2. (a) INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS (treaties) — general or particular;
3. (b) INTERNATIONAL CUSTOM — evidence of a general practice accepted as law;
4. (c) GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW recognized by civilized nations;
5. (d) JUDICIAL DECISIONS and TEACHINGS of the most highly qualified publicists — SUBSIDIARY means.
6. PRIMARY (a)-(c) vs SUBSIDIARY (d).
7. Article 38(2): the Court may decide EX AEQUO ET BONO if the parties so agree.
8. RECOGNITION of additional sources: jus cogens norms, unilateral acts, soft law, decisions of international organisations.
9. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — ICJ Statute Article 38(1)_

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only treaties (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1)) (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1)) (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1)) (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1))

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only academic writings (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1)) (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1)) (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1)) (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1))

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only customary law (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1)) (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1)) (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1)) (cf. ICJ Statute Article 38(1))