LCP4801 ASSIGNMENT 2 2026 - DISTINCTION | Due 20 April 2026

LCP4801 Assignment 2 Semester 1 2026 QUESTION 1 1.1 Describe the development of international law and the contribution of pre-colonial African entities to such development. Refer to relevant sources. (15) (a) Development of international law International law is broadly defined as the law regulating relations between states (Learning Unit 1, p 2). Historically, it developed through identifiable epochs (Learning Unit 1, pp 2 - 3; Strydom Chapter 1). (i) This period marks the consolidation of European statehood and the early development of a state system. The culmination was the Peace of Westphalia (1648), which entrenched the idea of sovereign, territorially independent states (Strydom pp 8 - 10). The Westphalian model established: Independent sovereign states Non-interference in internal affairs Formal equality between states