POLSCI 2I03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Effective Action, Arab Spring, International Criminal Law
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Understand the connection between concepts, application of theories, definitions. Treaty law- particularly important to ir, due to the limitations to the first two laws. It allows states to decide which particular treaties they want to enter into and which they do not. There is nothing contained in the un or the formation of it, that it will try to be a world state. Unilateralism- one state forcing its way upon others. Usa is a country which pursues unilateralism more so than the other two, usa exceptionalism tells us that it really does depend on which issue areas and states they are dealing with. There have been instances where the us has pursue unilateral, bilateral (icc, not only has the us sought exemptions of its troops working in abroad but also exemption in bilateral treaties. Most countries in south america know that when the us will involve their troops they are exempted from the treaties), and multilateral.