Time history and international law This book examines theoretical and practical issues concerning the relationship between international law time and history. Problems relating to time and history are ever present in the work of international lawyers whether understood in terms of the role of historic practice in the doctrine of sources the application of the principle of inter temporal law in dispute settlement or in gaining a coherent insight into the role that was played by international law in past events. But very little has been written about the various different ways in which international lawyers approach or unders Offers an insight into the frequently asked question on the relationship between international law time and history approaching the issue from a legal and philosophical point of view. This book states that it is possible to identify at least three different ways in which the above relationship may be conceived