Browsing articles tagged with " international law"
Europe and Russia Governance Institutions North America
Jul 21, 2010
Mariel
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What Makes a State?

Opinio Juris and The International Jurist are matching posts on whether or not the EU is a state, and what that ultimately means, and how alike are the EU and the US really?  The comments, especially at The International Jurist, continue the debate and are well worth the read.

Institutions
Mar 4, 2010
MErickson
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International Law and Sovereignty

It is well noted in the literature of international law that the primary challenge facing the discipline of international law is the problem of how order is created and observed among sovereign states. This necessarily leads to different paradigms in exploring contemporary explanations of sovereignty and the powers and limits of sovereignty. Most notably, sovereignty (whether embodied in governmental institutions, quasi-government institutions or non-governmental institutions) furthers itself through the expansion of power manifested through territorial gain, economic gain and advancement of its institutional imprint. Will international law in a now globalized economy of “sovereign equals” further a new order and narrative of sovereignty? Are we now in a post-modern narrative of sovereign equality between nation-states?

Institutions North America
Nov 3, 2009
Barak
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Strong support in US for international law

World Public Opinion released a poll today looking at support for international law.  The poll shows very strong support for international law in the US.  Of the 21 countries they surveyed, the US had the third highest support for following international laws (69%), behind China and Germany, respectively.  57% of respondents in the US felt that rulings in international courts are fair and impartial (10th out of 21).  Finally, 66% of respondents thought they had stronger support for consistently following international laws (5th out of 21) compared to the average person in the US.  US support for international law was well above average for all three questions.

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