It lets the little nations know what they cannot get away with, and it slows down the larger nations who know they'll have to go through the trouble of justifying their violations of it.
Through violence.
Rule of law
For poor Romans, law and order were often characterized by a lack of resources and limited access to justice. The legal system favored the wealthy, making it difficult for the poor to seek redress or protection under the law. Local magistrates, often corrupt or biased, enforced laws inconsistently, which could lead to exploitation. Additionally, public order was maintained through a combination of local authorities and the presence of the military, but this often did not extend to the needs of the impoverished population.
The Chinese Revolution first brought communism into the international order.
ships of neutral nations were not to be harmed
The nobility maintained the law.
Nobility
Nobility
B. S. Chimni has written: 'International law and world order' -- subject(s): International law 'Asian Yearbook of International Law 2000 (Asian Yearbook of International Law)'
The nobility (nobles) maintained law and order in medieval Europe. ----- The idea that the nobility maintained law and order may be a stock answer for some history course, but it is not entirely correct. Law and order were maintained on the village and manor level largely by the serfs themselves, because they served as the jurors in the manorial courts and provided the officers for law enforcement as well. Most of the nobles had no special interest in this and did not engage in it unless it was necessary to do so. In the cities, law and order was maintained by the city government, which was not normally headed by a member of the nobility, but rather by city officers, who were appointees. The power of the nobility was outside the cities, which were not fiefs and had charters. In many places, the cities had republican governments. This was especially true in medieval communes, which were almost entirely run by guilds. At the national level, the laws where the monarch's, and the function of the nobility was not so much to maintain it as to support it.
Lakshman D. Guruswamy has written: 'International environmental law in a nutshell' -- subject(s): International Environmental law 'International environmental law and world order' -- subject(s): Cases, International Environmental law
Rule of law
Ingrid Delupis has written: 'International Legal Order' 'International law and the independent state'
Georg Schwarzenberger has written: 'Power politics' 'Atlantic Union' 'A manual of international law'
Anthony A. D'Amato has written: 'Justice and the legal system' -- subject(s): Administration of Justice, Cases, Justice, Justice, Administration of 'International law studies' -- subject(s): International law 'International law coursebook' -- subject(s): International law 'International law' -- subject(s): International law 'Introduction to law and legal thinking' -- subject(s): Law, Philosophy 'The concept of custom in international law' -- subject(s): Customary law, International, International Customary law, International law
International Law is not a real Law, but a positive International Morality.
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