POL114H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Red Army Faction, Money Laundering, Coltan
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Pol114 lecture #7: international law and international organization & Realist: mere instruments of foreign policy, arenas for advancing national self interest, can"t overcome sovereignty. Liberal: crucial means of enabling cooperation, neutral arbiter, collective security . Marxist: io"s reflect prevailing distribution of power > tool of the powerful. Origins: h. grotius- law of nature (reason), assembly of nations necessary to enforce natural law. League of nations (1919) dominated by great powers , unanimity failure. Realist: states (esp. weak) search for security > have an incentive to free themselves from anarchy. Liberal: il is a means of enhancing international cooperation through the creation of widely accepted norms. Marxist: il is a means of stabilizing an existing distribution of wealth and power. 3 levels of il: constitutional: sovereignty, self determination, non intervention fundamental: basic norms of coexistence- diplomacy & cooperation, contractual international law, multilateralism issue specific: regimes treaties banning chemical weapons, nuclear proliferation, landmines .
