Gerneral principle is listed as kind of international legal resource in article 38 of the Statute of International Court of Justice. While this article does not provide a definite definition of "principle". Is it general principles set in domestic law which are shared by all the states or alomst all the states in the world or general principles rooted in international law? The so-called principles of law, mean both those principles accepted by all legal systems and these principles created just in international law.

Question:

Try to give some examples of prnciples. And refer to U.N. Charter to find of the fundamental principles ininternational law.

Materials

Article 38(1)(c)of the ICJ statute（全文）

Cases

Factory at Chorzów, Jurisdiction (1927) PCIJ

Generalprinciples of law