ANARCHY AND FRAGMENTATION IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE ENGLISH SCHOOL REGARDING THE PREVENTIVE SELF-DEFENSE

Abstract

This article seeks to provide a possible interaction between the Theory of International Society or English School - from the thoughts of Martin Wight, Hedley Bull and Andrew Hurrel - and the Fragmentation of International Law, applied to the study of preventive self-defence. Therefore, it shall be considered the diverging interpretations of the right of preventive self-defence as a result of the relations of cooperation and conflict amongst States, arising in the context of an Anarchical International Society whose subjects create and apply the legal norms governing their relations. Finally, after presenting the example of the interaction between Anarchy and Fragmentation applicable to preventive self-defense, it shall be highlighted the need for an interdisciplinary study between International Law and International Relations in the field of international use of force, in which the Theory of International Society focus on values and common standards, cooperation and conflict, whereas the fragmentation may constitute and, in part, directs, the possibilities of cooperation and conflict, as noted by the English School.