International Law and Global Governance

englischsprachige Einführung in Völkerrecht und Global Governance

Structure:

1. Introduction

2. International Law: Definition, development and principles

3. Global Governance: Definition, principles and relations to International Law

4. Theory & practical implementation of the concepts

5. Conclusion

Introduction:

In the following, I am going to discuss characteristics, similarities and distinctions, problems and the grip on reality of International Law and Global Governance. At first, International Law, including its historical development and most important principles, is presented. I continue with the introduction of the concept of Global Governance. At the end of this chapter, the relations between the two theories are explained and principal distinctions and similarities are mentioned. Coming to an end, I am going to ask for the grip on reality and compare theory with practical implementation. Finally, I will draw my conclusions.

I decided to write about this topic because it gains more importance and actuality from day to day. International Law and Global Governance are vital constituents of international relations. Especially when I prepared my report on Institutionalism I became aware of their significance. Everyone, who wants to live in a world as peaceful as possible, must make up his or her mind about those concepts because International Law and Global Governance are the only functional theories offered by political science that could possibly sooner or later reach this goal. englischsprachige Einführung in Völkerrecht und Global Governance