The Relevance of INTERNATIONAL LAW in INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
International laws are rules which relate to the functioning of individuals, institutions and states in the international arena. International law has various ingredients including general principles of law and justice, which are equally suited to regulating the conduct of individuals, organizations within a state and states themselves.
Realism emphasizes assumes that all nation-states are motivated by national interests, or, at best, national interests disguised as moral concerns. Realism seeks to preserve political autonomy and territorial integrity of nation-states.
Jeromy Bentham was the first person to use the word “international”, in the later 18th century, with regards to defining the relations between nation-states. A restricted definition of International Relations confines its focus to official relations and excludes relations other than the official from the purview of international relations.
From a broader view, International Relations may refer to all forms of interactions between members of separate societies, whether government sponsored or not.
The study of International Relations includes analysis of foreign policies or political processes between nations, and also focuses on international trade and civil society interaction.