San Diego Law Review
Document Type
Article
Abstract
In Part II, I will illustrate the problem of conflict in international law by drawing on two cases in international trade law. I will then argue in Parts III and IV that legal conflict often represents a genuine normative conflict grounded in our multiple, incommensurable, and potentially conflicting moral commitments. In doing so, I will deflect potential skepticism about the reality of normative conflict in international law. Drawing from existing international legal practice, I will show in Part IV that we can resort to a substantial toolbox of rules and principles to reconcile legal norms that are in tension with one another. Finally, in Part V, I will evaluate the institutional implications of these normative tensions for international law.
Recommended Citation
Carmen Pavel,
Normative Conflict in International Law,
46
San Diego L. Rev.
883
(2009).
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https://digital.sandiego.edu/sdlr/vol46/iss4/9