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  • 16 - The Cold War in Soviet International Legal Discourse

  • from Part III - The Parochial/Plural Cold War
  • Edited by Matthew Craven, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Sundhya Pahuja, University of Melbourne, Gerry Simpson, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Book:
    International Law and the Cold War
    Published online:
    05 December 2019
    Print publication:
    19 December 2019, pp 339-375

  • Summary

    Borrowing Gerry Simpson’s taxonomy, it was and remains common to think of the Soviet Union as both a ‘great power’ and an ‘outlaw state’. Some historical accounts portray Soviet law as elaborate, specific and complex; but simultaneously, others portray ‘Soviet law’ as a sham. This essay argues that the Soviet approach to Cold War international law hews closer to the former image than the latter. It appears that Soviet faith in international law grew over the course of the Cold War, rather than diminished. This essay is a tentative sketch of the transformation of Soviet faith in law over the course of the Cold War.