POL340Y1 Lecture Notes - Aust, Arrest Warrant, Hutu
Document Summary
Hedley bull: australian who wrote the anarchical society. What role does int"l law play in modern int"l society. Anarchical world, no central policing authority, so what keep us from taking each others lives. Hedley believed that int"l law does play a significant role: institutions play varying roles in disciplining. Other institutions include; war, diplomacy, great powers and balance of power. Int"l law are the rules that bind states and pose certain obligation to conduct of actors. Int"l law isn"t sufficient to preserve int"l order" it may be used interventionally to advance interests, or conversely it"ll be created by great powers again to advance preferences- never irrelevant rather hyper-relevant. War: the use of force b/w 2 or more states to advance certain strategic political economic end. Diplomacy: the use of diplomatic force to achieve diplomatic ends. Balance of force: coalitions- keep world from going into major chaos. States almost never participate in int"l affairs decision for no reason.
