POLI 343 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: Self-Defense, International Criminal Court, Primary And Secondary Legislation
16 Dec 2015
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Chapters 1 & 4 - (byers) [international law and. Do states accept that an effective international legal system is an important element in the fabric of the international. States, though their rulers or governments, think of themselves as sovereign. They do not of course, always know what sovereignty means, but it is clearly worth having and keeping. Those with real international power seldom pay much attention to the law: for them, rather than international law being the framework which controls what they may do, it is their actions which shape the law. This body of international legal rules is obviously important in relation to the specific activities to which they apply whether it be the use of force, rights on the high seas, the treatment of aliens, and so on. On the whole, states do acknowledge the importance of there being an effective international legal system. The rule of law represents a culture of order.
