POLSCI 160 Lecture 26: Lecture 26 Notes
Document Summary
Ideas go back centuries, but recent explosive growth. Two hague conventions in 1899 and 1907. Growth after cold war, chemical weapons conventions, icc. Norm against homicide, but also laws distinguishing degrees of murder and manslaughter. Int norms are shared understandings about what"s appropriate for social roles. Int law is the codification of norms into formal treaties. Gatt/wto, cut tariffs from some, then cut for all. Whether states comply depends on their incentive to do so. Actors create strategic expectations ab how one another will act. Allows/supports cooperation that might not occur in its absence. Some generally upheld: chemical weapons, pows btwn nazis and uk, us. Some failed: pows btwn nazis and ussr, japan. Other notable failures: iraq-iran war, pows in korea, vietnam. Creates bright line standards to address noise. Why cbw is easy to limit; treatment of civilians hard. A single, universal standard in the laws of war clarifies state intentions.
