POLS 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Treaty On The Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, Environmental Law, International Criminal Court

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A core international institution that states created: a set of norms, rules, and practices, fashioned to achieve international social goals such as peace, order, coexistence, justice, human development. Has specific historical roots that explain the shape and extent of the international law. War is a crude way for states to ensure their security and interests. States have worked to build another way to resolve disputes. Key difference between international institutions and organizations: institutions: norms and principles that influence state expectations, organizations: physical creation with staffs, buildings, operating procedures. Deep constitutional institutions: example: principle of sovereignty; defines the terms of legitimate statehood, the basis for international politics. Fundamental institutions: provide basic rules and practices, states and other actors invoke and employ when they have common ends, examples: international law and multilateralism. Issue-specific institutions or regimes: examples: nuclear nonproliferation treaty (npt), north atlantic fisheries organization (nafo) Goal is to formulate binding rules of conduct for all.

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