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Rule number 1 of international law is that it is not a set of laws, but a set of agreements that don't have the power of law.
but a set of agreements that don’t have the power of law.
Rule of law is about having a culture of respect for law as a legitimate product of democratic institutions. If law is only real to you because it's "real" in the sense of boots, batons and assault rifles, the 'power' you are interested in is not the power of law.
Rule of law is about having a culture of respect for law as a legitimate product of democratic institutions
Law is a product of the government beating the shit out of people who break its rules. Since there's no world government, international law doesn't really exist.
That sounds a lot like the US constitution, amirite?
Please save me from this waking nightmare