I myself do not really believe in a lot of international law. I think one has to consent to a law before one is held to the standard of the law. There are exceptions - children, the insane and the like. But if I go to France I agree to be governed by French law. If I do not like the laws here in the US I should move.
International treaties and all that are good. People vote on these things (through their representatives). So the Law of the Sea treaties and that are all good. But we should not be able to prosecute the leadership of North Korea unless they do something to us. Bomb them in acts of war, yes. But jail them? No.
Question for international law believers is: where does it come from? Universally acknowledged standards? Or the consent of those who would be covered by these laws?
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