globalisation and international law

Question 1

what are international laws?

Answer 1

the formal rules of behaviour that govern states and other international bodies

Question 2

what are the three challenges to state control over citizens?

Answer 2

1) individuals are now the subject of international law as well as states eg the universal declaration of human rights

2) international law looks to not just regulate relations between states but to manage how nation states act within their own territorial borders eg the responsibility to protect (r2p)

3) international law isnt just about international order but now also has a moral component eg the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees that is about global justice

Question 3

what are the evaluation points for globalisation and international relations?

Answer 3

+ from a liberal perspective it increases interconnectedness and interdependence of states by promoting the rules and norms of behaviour which all states will adopt lessening the chance of conflict

• from a realist perspective any attempt to develop international law which isnt based on the principle of national sovereignty wont be legitimate
• international law will undermine the sovereignty of states and make the world a less safe place because its removing the principle that nations only intervene in the case of self defence
• conflict is more likely not less