05/08: International Law and Despots
Category: America and the World
Posted by: an okie gardener
Brits At Their Best brings us links and comments to an article on the use made of International Law by despotic regimes.
From Brits:
One problem with international law, as opposed to common law in the countries of the Anglosphere, is that we already have our rights and liberties and we do not want international law mucking things up. A second problem with international law is that despots can control it.
See also my earlier posts on the (ill)legitimacy of the United Nations here , here , and here.
From Brits:
One problem with international law, as opposed to common law in the countries of the Anglosphere, is that we already have our rights and liberties and we do not want international law mucking things up. A second problem with international law is that despots can control it.
See also my earlier posts on the (ill)legitimacy of the United Nations here , here , and here.
