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You are a Structural Functionalist. You believe
that conflict is bad for societies. The basic
sociological question for you is, "What
are the consequences of a social pattern?"


Which sociological school of thought do you belong to?
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[ARTICLE] On The Decomposition of International Law

From The New Republic

Law and Order
by Robert Lane Greene

The normally academic debate over the relevance of international law got a lot of public attention amid the posturing over Iraq this spring. At the time, many analysts and lawyers decried the Iraq war as "illegal" because it violated the U.N. Charter, the signatories of which forswear the use of force except in straightforward self-defense or when authorized by the U.N. Security Council. It was a questionable argument, but the concern over Washington's evolving concept of when it can legitimately wage war is not misplaced. In fact, the Bush administration's doctrine of preemption, laid out in the National Security Strategy that was released in September 2002, can be read as renouncing the principles of the Charter that America helped write.

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