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Alberstadt Relevance of Westphalia on INR Law 18 April 2012 1 ABSTRACT: this dissertation seeks to evaluate the Peace of Westphalia (1648) for the importance of discerning and validating its influential ramifications for the development of international law. It will argue that from the Westphalian agreements began the codification of norms and an emerging international system which continue in both international relations and international law today. It will first explore the background of Westphalia, including the precise language of the treaties, and the creation and early development of international law. It will then use the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a key international institution as an example of direct lineage to Westphalian norms. Finally, it will discuss globalization as a challenger to international law and Westphalian relevancy. For these reasons this dissertation will employ neoliberalism as an appropriate theoretical framework but will also utilize methods of historiography to best analyze  primary d ocumen ts of the Pea ce of W estphalia and the ICJ . This dissertation will discuss the importance of the Peace of Westphalia (1648) on the impact of international law. It will argue that Westphalia holds a continuing relevance despite the evolution of its system. The outcomes of the Peace of Westphalia founded important norms for the international system and serve as a model for contemporary international law and relations. These normative frameworks, for example of sovereignty, secular governments, and statehood, remain key elements of the present system. This  project was chosen as it was inspired b y a “notable lack of consensus in the appreciation of the major implications of the Peace of Westphalia.” 1  This dissertation will first explore the context of the Peace’s emergence with the argument t hat this context describes many aspects of the present international legal system. Next, this dissertation will argue that the Peace of Westphalia holds continuing relevance for international law as embodied in international institutions. It will thus utilize the creation and development of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a key institutional example with reference to specific cases. Finally, it will argue that globalization has not killed the Westphalian system, although it poses a significant challenge to it. 1 Leo Gross, “The Peace of Westphalia 1648-1948”, Essays on International Law and Organ ization, V olume 2, Transnational Publishers Inc, New York, 1984, p. 29

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