The Decline of International Law

April 1, 2026 | 1:00 pm
McGill Rowe (Rescheduled to April 1)
Theme(s): International Law

Please join the Runnymede Society’s McGill University Chapter for a rescheduled lecture with Justice Malcolm Rowe of the Supreme Court of Canada, now taking place on Wednesday, April 1st.

In this lecture, Justice Rowe will examine the nature of international law as the acceptance by states of certain norms of behaviour, whether through treaty (conventional law) or through conduct (customary law). He will argue that the scope of such an agreement has always been more limited than is often assumed, and that in recent years, even this narrower consensus has entered a period of sharp decline. Without agreement among states, there is no international law.

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Details
Date:
April 1
Time: 1:00 pm
EST
Organizer
Runnymede Society
Venue
McGill University (NCDH 312 & 316)
en_CAEnglish (Canada)