Essay | Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Legal System in Achieving World Order

World order is an ideal of a state of actual peace in which there is no overt conflict, hence there is a balance of power among nations. It is this ideal which the legal system, including treaties, the ICC, the UN, and its peacekeeping forces aim to achieve. However, military conflicts can destabilise this balance of power. The resulting devastation has accentuated the need for the legal system to preserve and maintain world order. However, its effectiveness in doing so is open to debate.

World order can best be achieved by agreement of all states; this is reflected in the legal system of treaties. A treaty is a legal document that outlines an ideal international standard of behaviour on a particular issue (e.g. nuclear arms) however these agreements are not legally binding unless enacted into domestic legislation. A bilateral treaty is between two countries, thus it neglects the ideals...
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