POL340Y1 Lecture Notes - Convention Relating To The Status Of Refugees, System On A Chip, Peacekeeping
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Il w/o enforcement capacity extremely weak, almost irrelevant. Major powers have to support it, economic sanctions. Consent this is absolutely essential because with il you are not forced to sign anything, you sign it because of internal decision making, all a function of consent, in il consent is essential. In un each state is recognized as sovereign and each can gov itself. Article 11 any act of war is of concern for the entire league. If law is not activates/ enforced has very little meaning. The league did nothing when poland invaded russia, japan invaded manchuria. Terrible atrocities occurred, the french occupation of the german ruhr, italy"s attack on ethiopia no response, germany, etc. Jfk: the lesson of 1930s is that aggressive conduct left unchecked leads to war. Truman: the only think new in the world is the history you don"t know. A lot of situations of chaos create the seeds that create despotic leaders.