Legal Positivism as Normative Politics: International Society, Balance of Power and Lassa Oppenheim's Positive International Law

Normative Structures in International Politics

Over the past decade the structure of world politics has undergone a number of substantial changes. For the past half-century we have lived in an international system dominated by the bipolar rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. Although the Cold War system has dissolved as quickly as it emerged, it is still not clear what kind of international structure will take its place. ...

Law, Politics, and International Governance

Examples of Patients' Rights in the Light of the Normative Hierarchy of International Law

Background and Aim: The Right to Health as an Example of Human Rights Entered the International Law Literature as a General Principle After the Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. This Principle has Developed Over the Years in Terms of Instances, and From Within it Have Emerged Instances That are Closely Related to the ...

"COVID-19" and International Law: Prosecution of China in International Court of Justice

"COVID-19", which was first seen in China in December 2019, outbreak worldwide in a short time and took the lives of many people around the world. In addition to claims concerning Chinachr('39')s fault in creating the disease and failing to prevent its spread, it is seriously claimed that China has delayed and sometimes incorrectly reported information concerning disease to the World Health Org...

International Law and State Socialization: Conceptual, Empirical, and Normative Challenges

Debates about how best to design international legal regimes inadequately attend to the ways in which law influences state behavior. As a consequence of this deficiency, much of international law is founded upon the flawed, and often unexamined, assumption that effective legal regimes must either coerce or persuade target actors to comply with their requirements. In How to Influence States: Soc...