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To: GST who wrote (110734)	8/10/2003 12:42:17 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The same applies at the international level, where the evolution of law is more incomplete and poorly defined, but exists for a reason and needs to be strengthened, not destroyed as Bush is doing. No, it doesn't apply, GST. It doesn't apply at all, and even if Bush's foremost wish were to strengthen international law, which it isn't, he still wouldn't sign onto the ICC, which is a perfectly horrible piece of law, designed to be politically manipulated from the get-go. Have you actually read the Rome Ruling? The powers of jurisdiction it claims are practically carte blanche - for example, it's the first treaty ever to claim binding power over non-signatories - and the laws it's enforcing are vague in the extreme, and of course with very little precedent. The ICC prosecutor is going to be making it all up as he goes along. There is no "international law" in the sense you wish for because there is no "international government" to make the law and enforce it. The international government - with executive, judicial and legislative powers - must come first.