legal theory
I just read this:
The Dutch political and legal philosopher Hugo Grotius, amid the political expediencies and anarchy of the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), sought to introduce a degree of normative restraint among the monarchical rulers of the newly emerged sovereign states of Europe and to establish a basis in natural law for a rejection of raison d'état as a just cause for war, as well as for legal limits on the means and modes of violence in war. Even if the wills of sovereign states form the basis of the international order, Grotius argued, "the totality of the relations between States" is still "governed by law."
I had to look up raison d'état. "The national interest, often referred to by the French term raison d'État, is a country's goals and ambitions whether economic, military, or cultural. The notion is an important one in international relations where pursuit of the national interest is the foundation of the realist school."
Imagine if international law was developed so it really did govern countries, in the same way the laws of a nation stop a citizen from killing others (in most circumstances). No more physical war? :)
- Alaris -
The Dutch political and legal philosopher Hugo Grotius, amid the political expediencies and anarchy of the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), sought to introduce a degree of normative restraint among the monarchical rulers of the newly emerged sovereign states of Europe and to establish a basis in natural law for a rejection of raison d'état as a just cause for war, as well as for legal limits on the means and modes of violence in war. Even if the wills of sovereign states form the basis of the international order, Grotius argued, "the totality of the relations between States" is still "governed by law."
I had to look up raison d'état. "The national interest, often referred to by the French term raison d'État, is a country's goals and ambitions whether economic, military, or cultural. The notion is an important one in international relations where pursuit of the national interest is the foundation of the realist school."
Imagine if international law was developed so it really did govern countries, in the same way the laws of a nation stop a citizen from killing others (in most circumstances). No more physical war? :)
- Alaris -
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