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tichca · **on:** Sep 10, 2018

International law is often criticized as ineffective because of the difficulty associated with enforcement. What is the issue surrounding enforcement? Explain why states often decide to comply with international law.

In your discussion, examine the various sources of international law.
What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Explain why the United Nations and the United States share a unique relationship. In your answer, be sure to discuss what has shaped this relationship over time and how that relationship has changed since its inception.

What will be an ideal response?

wergv · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Outline the role of enforcement in international law.
2. Explain why enforcement of the UN's mandatory directives can be so difficult, allowing for the impact of such directives on powerful and less powerful states.
3. Discuss why states often comply with international law, considering reciprocity, collective action and international norms.
4. Recall the many sources of international law: treaties, custom, general principles of law, and legal scholarship.5. Offer a concise summary and effective conclusion.

Answer to Question 2

Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Identify the tension in the relationship shared by the United Nations and the
U.S.
2. Explain why the relationship has the character it does, illuminating the historical evolution of the relationship.
3. Discuss aspects key to the evolving relationship, including the U.S. resistance to the League of Nations, the headquartering of the UN in New York, the U.N. as a balancing agent against the power of the U.S., and the isolationism of the United States
4. Offer a concise summary and effective conclusion.