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'....Regarding International Law by Writers etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BeenyshSaRa (talk • contribs) 14:40, 8 January 2020 (UTC) [reply]

Core Contest

Hi all, I will be editing this page as part of Wikipedia:The Core Contest between today and 31 May. If anyone has any comments or queries on any of my amendments, please feel free to raise them either here or on my talk page. Thanks, Sammielh (talk) 10:36, 15 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rewrite the lead

Currently the very lead of the article reads like this:

International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of guidelines, norms, and standards usually forming the default behavior between states. Inter means between thus outside of territories thus absent of sovereignty, thus isn't a law at all (See: Westphalian System) and is rather a common-practice between states - unless they wish otherwise due to their own reasoning.

The ...thus outside of territories thus absent of sovereignty, thus isn't a law at all... part, even though true, is a bit weird to read because it makes the lead seem like a dialogue between 2 opposing parties giving arguments to each-other.

Rewriting that part would be appreciated I believe. I didn't want to do it myself given that I have no formal training in legal subjects and the article can be considered of a rather great importance in global politics. I came here reading about irredentism which says:

Irredentism has been an influential force in world politics since the mid-nineteenth century. It has been responsible for many armed conflicts even though international law is hostile to it and irredentist movements often fail to achieve their goals.

Something which also might require a bit of rewriting itself because it makes the concept of international law seem more like a law per se. This same problem, "is it a law or is it not", may present itself in other articles as well. - Klein Muçi (talk) 07:59, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. I restored the lead of this article. Gitz (talk) (contribs) 07:02, 7 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it says sth like "sustained by consent". so... 176.5.159.177 (talk) 13:53, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How many states have consented...

...should be mentioned in the introduction. (and at all, in the first place) 176.5.159.177 (talk) 13:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]