It is clear that international law must evolve, even if it will be difficult to find the new and appropriate notions that will allow it to ... However, it is unlikely that we will ever be capable of building a world that is qualitatively better than we ourselves are. (Jean-François Revel)

It is clear that international law must evolve, even if it will be difficult to find the new and appropriate notions that will allow it to ... However, it is unlikely that we will ever be capable of building a world that is qualitatively better than we ourselves are.

Jean-François Revel

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