POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Paris Agreement, Soft Law, Diplomatic Immunity
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International law: a body of rules that binds states and other agents in world politics and is considered to have the status of law. > diplomatic immunity: in effect for centuries, codified only in 1961. Defines violations that are subject to retaliation. Can provide for independant tribunals to resolve disputes. Set of rules that are linked together, with a common logical structure. > secondary: the rules about how rules are made. Customary international law: international law that develops over time as states come to recognize practices as appropriate and correct. Hard law: obligatory; precise; delegates substantial authority to third parties like international courts. Soft law: aspirational; ambiguous; does not delegate much if anything. Consider the law of war and the treatment of pows: states have an interest in following international law so that other states follow the rules too. Norms: a standard of appropriate behaviour for actors with a given identity.
