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A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW ‘nou ied worl he ours and aoe fintenaionl ren nd its growth poland dare Intro ew avers the ations fae on teres longstanding os nlomatc imma or at recet the Wer on Toit om Impacts upon the ne of nla izes ses dere ns aking a invest pubic health ade poeton of he ‘vreament nhs suse itroduction Era Toume Toeane xis he tes devin in nternational lawn ‘heli ofits history and ata, resenting ta a ntrument ‘ao dorian nd fr change that oss aed abnces he the pill fhe United Nations Carte the probit fhe eof force economi scl and usmle deleted haan ghee yw annie rouRMe jouanes i Poor of Ineranonl Lew at he Scene Pr Seo of La, Among ‘hemos prominent Pench rtertonl lw scholar he aeation seis the nthoe of mn pubcton ncling mo rks in Eli he Lora Meri Law of ation ery of Inston Law (Cambridge) and What a Far Irnyationl Sec? Intron Li btn Deleted -esgrtin (2013) Sbe alo oe ofthe eto in heo te Jono th History of aeretoal Lr. A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO ) INTERNATIONAL LAW EMMANUELLE TOURME JOUANNET “Tanase rm the rnc rat tertiles Unies ce rane, 30) CAMBRIDGE, Inredecion paps Inradonlievwhateryandeatare 2 Intron on sealer 32 Inertia aware tre rpm tndsoiliterestion 6 Tete plan -poe 8 ond p= depth The tuepdat-humn ie 99 International law isan iterations policy instrument. I is et of rues, discourses and techniques that is subjecs and ‘score to regulate thei claions and acomplch ceils ‘evil ends oternational law has its own oltre and his tony tas cried over several centrist each it current foxm, and ia fundamental proces fr regulating nd chan nelngimernatonal violence; an ese common language; insteumentaltachniqa nthe service of tates and fale core of international soc. Iis a promise of peace. fn all ‘ofthis its force ofatraction is ery real indeed But ever since it emerged inthe modern cr, nterstional law has alo Been part of profoundly unequal ieteraatonal society in which innurtarer as mich violence ait ppesics. Far fom being saghorward neural legal wechnigue, is nd abvays as bee, the projection upon the international stage of the vals sradintersts of international socery'smainplayersatthesame tine being wed by groupe resting that dormant order ln ths veapet itis intrinsically ambivalent smatancously aninstroment of domination and an instrument of emane- pon for dhe subjects and ators who use Iisas much the sword ofthe mighty 2 it the shield ofthe meek Iupasanal law has changed considerably since 95. and its many faceted development contrat tak with the uniformity of csi av, We are witnessing acontemps: rey muliliction ofthe soars, norms opeatrsand were ofinteratona aw whietheroleofsverign sates ati nowe the foundation ofthis law, becoming decidedly les absolute Itignow the aw of an international society that emerged fom the Second Work! War and has become a pst

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