Publisher： Cambridge University Press
E-ISSN： 1537-5943|53|3|693-712
ISSN： 0003-0554
Source： American Political Science Review, Vol.53, Iss.3, 1959-09, pp. : 693-712
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Abstract
The principal aim of this paper is to relate the normative structure of international law to the underlying patterns of political behavior that have characterized the modern state system. The political constraint upon the normative structure of the law is only one of many; there are also economic, social, and ethical constraints, among others. Nonetheless, it provides many insights into the changing substantive content of the law and also illustrates the way in which theory helps to provide an understanding of subject matter.
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