Foma File: The Myth of International Law
Classification Post-war institutional foma Status: Collapsing Primary Function: Moral anesthetic for a power-driven world The Claim After 1945, humanity outgrew raw power. Law replaced force. Institutions replaced empires. Rules replaced conquest. War would be managed, restrained, civilized. Justice would be global. History had learned. This was the story. The Structure of the Foma The second half of the twentieth century produced an elegant illusion: Courts without enforcement Laws without sovereigns Institutions without teeth Justice without consequences A world order in which power voluntarily constrained itself - not because it had to, but because it had matured. ...