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A Liberal Theory of International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Anne-Marie Slaughter*
Affiliation:
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA

Abstract

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2000

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References

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4 Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics 127-61 (1977). I also use international order interchangeably with world order and global order, although I recognize the many ways in which these conceptions can differ.

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10 Haufler, supra note 7.

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15 I am indebted to Hilary Charlesworth for prompting my thinking on this question.

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17 For a complete database on old and new international tribunals, see the Project on International Courts and Tribunals, obtainable from <http://www.pict-pcti.org>.

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19 However, work like Thomas Franck’ s effort to establish an individual-level “right to democratic governance” is important and equally applicable to all citizens of all states. See Franck, Thomas M., The Emerging Right to Democratic Governance, 86 AJIL 46 (1992)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

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