Actually that's literally how international law works. No supra national organization polices or enforces it so it's up to nations to behave in line with laws they believe exist.
I'd the West fails to adhere to the state practice of (for example) respecting the sovereignty of all states, then Russia or anyone else can also very validly argue that it can too.
I would argue that international law just doesn't work. A law that isn't enforced is just a suggestion and as countries can't have laws enforced on them international law is meaningfully not a thing
I agree with you. There are even Third Worldist theories of international law which say that international law is not ineffective, but rather an active weapon used by the Global North to enforce their interests.
The orthodox position, which I described in my post, is still very useful to cite to libs since they believe in a "rules based order".
Actually that's literally how international law works. No supra national organization polices or enforces it so it's up to nations to behave in line with laws they believe exist.
I'd the West fails to adhere to the state practice of (for example) respecting the sovereignty of all states, then Russia or anyone else can also very validly argue that it can too.
I would argue that international law just doesn't work. A law that isn't enforced is just a suggestion and as countries can't have laws enforced on them international law is meaningfully not a thing
I agree with you. There are even Third Worldist theories of international law which say that international law is not ineffective, but rather an active weapon used by the Global North to enforce their interests.
The orthodox position, which I described in my post, is still very useful to cite to libs since they believe in a "rules based order".
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