Harold J. Laski: “It is, further, incompatible with the notion of an international law…”

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It is, further, incompatible with the notion of an international law regarded as binding upon the member-states of the international community.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that state sovereignty is incompatible with binding international law.

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