1. State sovereignty is a significant concept and a basis in international law.

It is
the inherent right of the state to deal with its internal and external affairs
including territory, permanent population.
For instance, national jurisdiction refers that a country has control over their
population inside the country and their nationals living abroad. Another
example is that since a state has sovereignty within its territorial sea, if
foreign ships are attacked by pirates in the territorial sea of a state, the only
state that can exercise police power and arrest pirates in the territorial sea is
the coastal state.
State sovereignty reflects non-interference and self defense: one state should
not interfere in another state affairs and a state is entitled to defend itself, to
protect its territory.

2. Non use of force

International law has evolved from allowing conflict except where specificially
forbidden by mutual agreement to the current state of prohibiting the use of
force in all circumstances except for self defense and collective action under
Chapter VII of the Charter of the UN.
Use of force: a right of an individual or authority to settle conflicts or prevent
certain actions.
The use of force by one country against another is one of the most ancient
forms of international action
Before states, tribes would seek to gain control over peoples through
violence. As time went by, diplomacy developed, ambassadors were sent out,
treaties peace and agreement were signed but still, every country still felt
that it had the right to use force against another country if it wished.
The Briand-Kellogg Pact was signed in 1928 The contracting parties agreed war
was to be renounced as an instrument of national policy. Although 62 nations
ultimately ratified the pact, its effectiveness was vitiated by its failure to provide
measures of enforcement, and it just prohibited war between 2 countries but didnt
define war.

Non use of force

Charter of the United Nations, Article 2(4)
all memeber shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or
use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any
state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the united
nations
This appears to make it clear that not only any form of punitive action is
illegal but also the threat of force.
Source of il itl
Article 38 (1) of the statue of the international court of justice establishes 3
primary sources of international law

International conventions (i.e. treaties), international custom, and the general

principles of law.
Treaties are written agreements between states that are governed by
international law (vienna convention). Treaties are referred to by different
names, including agreements, conventions, convenants, protocols and
exchanges of notes.
International custom law is defined under article 38 (1.b) as a general
practice of law accepted as binding through a constant and uniform usage
among states over a period of time. In other words, states follow such a
practice out of a sense of legal obligation.
General principles of law is a body of legal principles and rules seen as
common to all or almost all national legal systems that may be used when
there is no provision in an international treaty or statute nor any recognized
customary principles of international law available for application in an
international dispute and if such principle is found, then it is presumed that a
comparable general principle of law can be used to fill the gap in positive
international law.
Intl trade law
Source : customs, domestic legislatin and international treaties, in which
customs and domestic legislations play a very significant part.
Customs were the orginal form of international trade and commercial law.
Legislation (international and dosmetic) has sustantially developed and
unified the body of rules known as international trade/commercial law today
Dosmetic law, in the context of export and import control and foreign
investment, is an important and difficut source of international trade law. In
general terms, a dosmetic statute would prevail over any customs or rules of
international trade law. However, if the customs or the rules have been
incorporated into a contract and the domestic law governing the contract
allow such incorporation, the customs or the rules may override inconsistent
provisions of the domestic law.