GS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Hegemony, Nationstates, Territorial Integrity
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The goal of international law is to order relations between nation-states through rational, predictable, and mutually beneficial rules of conduct (rather than through the dominance of a hegemon, the chaos of conflict, or the lawlessness of anarchy) A) the goal of international law is international organization. B) specific international institutions get created by countries to help bring this abstract goal into concrete reality. The institutions created to uphold international law are referred to generally as international organizations (ios) Intergovernmental organizations (igos) - the creation of national governments, designed to help coordinate behaviour and solve common problems facing modern governments (from trade disputes to cross border organized crime) International non-governmental organizations (ngos) - are created by private individuals or interest groups trying to improve international life in some specific way. International red cross and red crescent, amnesty international, International law was born in 1648 when the treaty of westphalia was signed.
