PO SC 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jus Ad Bellum, Baidu
25 Oct 2016
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Public (e. g. china vs. u. s. , state vs. state) Private (e. g. google vs. baidu, nonstate actors, corporations) Public international law: legal norms (treaties, customs, etc. , interactions between states, or between states and other actors (ios, ngos, etc. , variety of topics (human rights, criminal activity, territorial claims, etc. ) Realism - self-help, stay until it benefits themselves, then they leave. Anarchy = no higher authority to enforce laws = powerful make rules. Liberalism - absolute gains, better off when they nicely interact, economic interdependence, institutions which mediate. Anarchy = no higher authority, but states can create cooperate (to achieve absolute gains) if they make & follow rules. Premeditated acts of legal force employed by states in times to eliminate specific individuals outside their custody (drone strikes) Yes, because we don"t have to declare war since we aren"t sending massive amount of troops, better than full scale warfare with entire troops. U. s. says yes, as long as it is hitting our targets.
