POL340Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emer De Vattel, International Waters, Hugo Grotius
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Law of nations and international law often conflated, treated as the same. Nation and a state may not be the same thing. Shift away from groups that were traditionally organized along nation-like lines to modern drawing of borders. Can be citizen but not national of a country. Nationality = to what state/country do you have a strong nexus / connection to. International law must matter since we see leaders observing them. Reasonable state - treat like humans, aggregate of humans. Some possibility of cooperation but only so far as self-interest. Countries / states are by product of central constituencies. Process that matters, how we come to understandings. Once you enter into the process, system starts to affect you back. Once you engage in social process, you acknowledge il. Ex: un, imf (macro, currency), wto, who (umbrella of un), Constituent members of organizations are member / sovereign states. Govern treaties - may not trust other government.
