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Lecturer Sees No Right of Law In International Legislative Action
International law differs from the type of law which regulates the conduct of individuals within a state because it is incapable of regulating the relations between states, Errol E. Harris, professor of philosophy, said.
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Prof. Harris made this point last night in the seventh lecture in his series on the "Philosophy of War and Peace" in Dyche auditorium.
"NO SOVEREIGN and independent state can ever identify its own ultimate national interest with that of other states, in a society of states, as an individual person can, does, and must identify his own ultimate personal interest with the welfare of the community to which he belongs." Prof. Harirs said.
"If it (the world) is a community, its members are not sovereign, and if its members are not sovereign, and if their several interests takes precedence and not the common interest; so that it is not a community," he said.
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Prof. Harris said there is no "community of states" in which the common interest takes precedence. A community of states is a contradiction of terms, he said.
IN THAT THEER is no community of sovereign states, International Law cannot define the framework of rights and duties essential to the maintenance of the community welfare. Prof. Harris said.
Neither does International Law conform to the other three conditions of effective law, he said.
- The law between nations is not generally observed by nations.
- There is no sovereign legislature to make international law, no executive to enforce it. and the
judiciary operates under crippling limitations.
- The "rule of force" rather than the "rule of law" usually prevails in international affairs.
Though treaties are usually considered a source of international law, they are not considered binding upon parties who are not signatories. Prof. Harris said.
Neither are treaties binding on the signatories, he said.
"THE GENERAL assumption is not so much that nations habitually act in bad faith, but that treaties do not impose obligation if it is not in the national interest of the signatories to keep them," Prof. Harris said.
The "rule of law" does not prevail because there are many cases which cannot be decided by an International court, Prof. Harris said. States, therefore, rely on force to take action.
"THE VERY existence of a branch of law prescribing rules for the conduct of war is an indication of the presumption that the 'rule of law' does not prevail." he said.
The relations will, thus, always lead states to the use of power politics, he said.
States, therefore, rely on force to decide their disputes, he added.
Prof. Harris will continue his lectures at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Dyche Auditorium by discussing power politics and the cold war.
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All Saints Day, Holy Day of Obligation
St. Lawrence Church, 119th St., Stratford Road,
Christian Family Movement, 8 p.m. p.m.
Strafford Road. All couples welcome.
Strafford Road. All couples welcome.
Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth.
Catholic Masses, 6:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Christian Masses, 6:45 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Contacts, 4-8 p.m. and 7-8 p.m.
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SUNDAY
Catholic Masses, 8 a.m. St. Lawrence
Gloria Church, 9:30 and
11 a.m. in Fraser Theater
Newman Club Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Fairmont, Vaudeville Union
Faith and Life Seminar: 9:15 a.m.
Westminster Center. The Lord of the
Order of the Worship workshop, 10:45 a.m.
Onward Friends Meeting: 9:30 a.m.
Daptorth. Everyone welcome.
SUA Chess Club, 2 p.m. Kansas Union.
Sunday Evening Fellowship, 5:15 p.m.
Westminster Center. People-to-People panel.
MONDAY
Capt. Willard Anderson, assistant chief of the KU traffic and security department, is acting as police chief until a successor to the late Chief Joe Skillman has been selected.
Capt. Anderson to Act As New Police Chief
Chief Skillman, who had been with the department since 1948 and chief since 1951, died early Wednesday morning.
Quill Club, 8 p.m., Union.
Capt. Anderson has been with the department for the past 13 years and was assistant under Skillman.
Templin, Lawis and Hashinger Halls will spell "KU! BEAT KSU!" with window lights on the eastern face of the buildings located on the west side of the campus.
The letters are formed by keeping the lights on and shades up in some rooms or down in others.
Three KU Halls will shine with school spirit Friday night.
Ellsworth Hall, the fourth large residence hall in that area (will not participate, Larry DeMarea, Kansas City, Mo. senior and Ellsworth president said. "We have too much going on." he explained.
Halls to Participate In Window Lighting
The window lighting originated in Lewis and Templin four years ago, in coordination with the KU KU Pep Club.
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