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9.18.17 Human Rights as International Law- Guest Lecture: Justin Canfil What is Law? ● Norms- social expectations of behavior ● Law- specific set of norms ○ Enforcement- punishment, backed by coercion ○ Legitimacy- legislative process, systematic, authoritative ○ Generality- applies to “everyone” uniformly ○ Public information ○ “Just” ● International Relations ○ Anarchy- a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority, the absence of government ○ The state is the highest authority ● International Law ○ Lotus principle: nothing is off limits until it is specifically prohibited ○ Two main bodies ■ Treaty Law ● Explicit consent via signature and ratification ■ Customary International Law Common law via practices and customs ○ How does International Law operate? ■ Reputation ■ Reciprocity ■ Reprisal ■ Inherent problems ● Voluntaristic system ● Cheap talk, normative wedges ● Translation into document; law is messy...