Post by Hoichi on Sept 7, 2008 21:32:42 GMT
Having once spoken to a lawyer on the subject, technically there is no such thing as "international law", as there is no governing body. There are merely cooperating bodies. Technically, China was not breaking laws when they violate copyrights and trademarks; it merely pisses everyone else off.
As someone who has studied law, I will have to disagree. There is international law (hence public and private international law) just as there are laws passed by the EU, however, countries rarely enforce them! The Geneva conventions are cases of public international law. The UN, like the EU, to benefit the human race. You are right that their are cooperating bodies, but these cooperating bodies are bound by the laws that they agree. The US is meant to be world police and thus it must go by the rulings of the UN; it doesn't and thus it is breaking its own rules.
In war, there is no "cooperation" between the warring parties.
The majority of UN countries did not support the US invasion of Iraq and thus the US should have gone with the majority decision, being "world police".
I am not sure why your lawyer friend (solicitor or barrister?) would say that there is no such thing as international law. Maybe he just isn't familiar with it or just confuses private international law with there being no international law at all.
