NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW: WHETHER INTERNATIONAL LAW IS A REAL LAW OR NOT?
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One of the endless debates between the jurists of the international law is regarding the nature of international law i.e. it can be called a ‘real’ law or not? Thus, there exists a group of scholars who are of the view that international law is not a real law while another group of scholars on the other hand also argue that international law is real law. This article explores the concept of ‘law’ with its basic characteristics and then analyses the arguments on this subject by two popular schools of thoughts in international law i.e. Realism and Liberalism. Taking into consideration the reasoning of both the schools, this article then concludes with the author’s opinion that international law cannot be considered as real law as it lacks the coercive power of a domestic law.
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