POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Collective Identity, Global Governance, United Nations Human Rights Council
2 Apr 2018
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Transactions costs forum for negotiation (single location where everyone gets together with parameters that regulate how the negotiation is going to unfold, #of players (reducing the number of players) Impose some costs on the other party to force the other party to return to compliance: reputation publicizing good/bad reputation. International institutions publicize if states don"t follow commitments. It also advantages you regardless of how it affects others: my interest = our interests. International law: a body of rules that creates rights and obligations for states (and other actors) International law as a consent-based system of law (because consent is sexy: sources of international law. Treaties explicit consent: negotiation (political) signature ratification, each country has a different ratification process. International customs inferred consent (codification (turning customs into rules from a treaty: the level of legalization of international rules. Soft law vs hard law: the contract you sign with your landlord is international law.
