Two Ideas of International Organization

Authors

John H. Barton, Stanford University

Abstract

Political theory has long sought a philosophical basis for such ideas as law, authority, and freedom - but usually within the context of the nationstate. Only rarely has political theory placed the nation-state in an international framework; and, when it has tried, it has often done poorly. Sometimes the political theory becomes purely altruistic and utopian; at other times it works to support the irresponsibility of individual governments and the breakup of international order.

Recommended Citation

John H. Barton, Two Ideas of International Organization, 82 Mich. L. Rev. 1520 (1984).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol82/iss5/26