US EditionThe Wall Street Journal: ‘International Law’ Illusion in Venezuela
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Is the kidnapping of Maduro the end of international law? By no means, says the lawyer Martti Koskenniemi. And in the case of Greenland it can still be very useful.
The Wall Street Journal: ‘International Law’ illusion in Venezuela
Has international law become a tyrant’s best friend? Democrats and foreign leaders are claiming that President Trump’s arrest of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro is illegal—at least as international law is interpreted by the reigning complex of professors, NGOs and multilateral…
Trump Tells Everyone Why He Illegally Invaded Venezuela
AP Photo/Evan Vucci The U.S. invasion of Venezuela that overthrew President Nicolas Máduro was one of the most egregious violations of international law in recent memory. The illegality of the invasion is plain enough to anyone who doesn’t subscribe to the Baddie Exception to international law and norms, which supposedly can be overcome by calling some leader a Baddie. But it doesn’t work that way. Calling a foreign leader a Baddie is not a perm…
New Democracy MP and professor of International Law, Angelos Syrigos, trying to "collect" Mitsotakis' statements about "not being the right time to comment on the legality" of the US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of Maduro, said that the Prime Minister "did not have the full picture" and that... "he is not a professor of International Law" while then admitting the illegal nature of the US intervention. SYRIZA mockingly described Angel…
Trump’s recent operation in Venezuela to capture Maduro unleashed an already known phenomenon: suddenly, everyone is experts in international law. This is not new, in any case, and it seems to be part of our idiosyncrasy: a few years ago, for the fever of the new Constitution, everyone believed themselves to be scholars in the matter, when many of our compatriots had not even read the current Constitution. In this regard, I am not interested in …
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