Legacy of Violence and Disorder.

The push for world government, or at least a code of international law, reached unprecedented heights during World War II and its aftermath. With the memory of the destruction and disillusion of World War I still widely held and the failure of the League of Nations, the outbreak of World War II gave impetus to the need for some structure which could rectify the situations which gave rise to worldwide violence.

The Atlantic Charter.

The most far-reaching attempt to codify international law began in August 1941 with a meeting between British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt. The two agreed to a declaration of principles of fighting and ending World War II, of which the United States was not yet officially a participant. Called the Atlantic Charter by Churchill and Roosevelt, the declaration contained...