• Pringles@lemm.ee
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    Rule number 1 of international law is that it is not a set of laws, but a set of agreements that don’t have the power of law.

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      21 hours ago

      but a set of agreements that don’t have the power of law.

      Rule of law is about having a culture of respect for law as a legitimate product of democratic institutions. If law is only real to you because it’s “real” in the sense of boots, batons and assault rifles, the ‘power’ you are interested in is not the power of law.