GOOD SUMMARY ON
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Law
A series of rules regulating behavior (permissive or
coercive)
International Law
Deals with interaction between entities involved in
international relations (States, IOs, NGOs, groups,
individuals).
Domestic Public Law
Law governing relationships between individuals and the
government.
International Private Law
Set or rules that regulate relationships between physical
and judicial persons of different nationalities.
Idealism of Creation of Bodies of Law
To govern new State behavior which has increased
increased interaction between states.
League of Nations
A world organization established in 1920 to promote
international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed
in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, although the
United States never joined the League. Essentially
powerless, it was officially dissolved in 1946.
The United Nations
An international organization formed after WWII to
promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
, Participants of UN
There are 195 states that are in the UN. The 5 permanent
members are US, Russia, China, France, and Great
Britain.
UN Charter
The founding document of the UN that sets out four main
purposes:
Maintaining worldwide peace and security.
Developing relations among nations.
Fostering cooperation between nations in order to solve
economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian international
problems.
Providing a forum for bringing countries together to meet
the UN's purposes and goals.
Interpretation of UN Charter
The Security Council makes laws based on their
interpretations of the Charter.
Natural Law
Unchangeable, universal and based on truth. Sets a
common normative basis to regulate state behavior.
Positivism
Varies from different situations and ephemeral as human
circumstance are. A system of law based on concrete
state consent (e.g International Conventions, Customary
Laws).
Liberal Worldview of International Order
The individual state is an autonomous moral agent
prompted by self-interest. Thus, International Law serves
to allow states pursue their national interest without
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Law
A series of rules regulating behavior (permissive or
coercive)
International Law
Deals with interaction between entities involved in
international relations (States, IOs, NGOs, groups,
individuals).
Domestic Public Law
Law governing relationships between individuals and the
government.
International Private Law
Set or rules that regulate relationships between physical
and judicial persons of different nationalities.
Idealism of Creation of Bodies of Law
To govern new State behavior which has increased
increased interaction between states.
League of Nations
A world organization established in 1920 to promote
international cooperation and peace. It was first proposed
in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, although the
United States never joined the League. Essentially
powerless, it was officially dissolved in 1946.
The United Nations
An international organization formed after WWII to
promote international peace, security, and cooperation.
, Participants of UN
There are 195 states that are in the UN. The 5 permanent
members are US, Russia, China, France, and Great
Britain.
UN Charter
The founding document of the UN that sets out four main
purposes:
Maintaining worldwide peace and security.
Developing relations among nations.
Fostering cooperation between nations in order to solve
economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian international
problems.
Providing a forum for bringing countries together to meet
the UN's purposes and goals.
Interpretation of UN Charter
The Security Council makes laws based on their
interpretations of the Charter.
Natural Law
Unchangeable, universal and based on truth. Sets a
common normative basis to regulate state behavior.
Positivism
Varies from different situations and ephemeral as human
circumstance are. A system of law based on concrete
state consent (e.g International Conventions, Customary
Laws).
Liberal Worldview of International Order
The individual state is an autonomous moral agent
prompted by self-interest. Thus, International Law serves
to allow states pursue their national interest without
