It lets the little nations know what they cannot get away with, and it slows down the larger nations who know they'll have to go through the trouble of justifying their violations of it.
In case you are looking for the hierarchy of norms in international law, I would say it is as follows (don't have a textbook at hand, so this is just an indication):
Laws of international...
'National' law is the law established in a single country, and applies only to the society within that country. International law is the law created between a group of countries to apply to all...
Sure, just ask Microsoft which was fined a few million or so. Money is not the only matterAnother View: No, it is not. In the examp[le cited above Microsoft was tried under the law of THAT country...
Of course it is. Public international law are rules that concern relations between Government(al organization)s and civilians, with an international dimension. The rules can be develloped in...