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The most obvious difference between students of international relations and students of international law arises from the subjects of their inquiry. International relations scholars consider the relations between states. International law considers the norms that govern these relationships (and many other important transactions). Some have characterized this distinction as the difference between “realism” and “idealism,” the difference between what actually is done and what ought to be done by states.1
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Notes
Robert Keohane, “International Relations and International Law: Two Optics,” 3 International Legal Theory 38 (1997).
For a bibliography on republicanism, see M.N.S. Sellers, “Republicanism: Philosophical Aspects” in N.J. Smelser and P.B. Battes (eds), The International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Elsevier. Amsterdam, 2001.
The view, for example, of Robert Keohane, “International Relations and International Law,” in 3 International Legal Theory 38 (1997).
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Sellers, M.N.S. (2006). International Relations and International Law. In: Republican Principles in International Law. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505292_8
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