Titolo La confezione di uova: Hedley Bull e il diritto internazionale Periodico Storia del pensiero politico Anno: 2025 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 409 - Pagina finale: 425
"Versus" cosmopolitanism and its bold institutional architectures, in Hedley Bull’s view international law is simply a device for preserving order in international society. This is at a time when the effectiveness of norms is based on the consensus and practice of states, and not on coercion from a possible higher authority. Ultimately, the international legal system is a system of rules which, founded in history, can provide stability to an intrinsically anarchic world.