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An interesting fact about customary international law is that the only way you can propose an amendment to it is by breaking it. How can that be differentiated from plain law-breaking? What moral standards might apply to that sort of international conduct? I propose we use ones analogous to the ordinary standards for distinguishing civil disobedients from ordinary law-breakers: would-be law-makers, like civil disobedients, must break the law openly; they must accept the legal consequences of doing so; and they must be prepared to have the same rules applied to them as everyone else.
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Goodin, R.E. (2005). Toward an International Rule of Law: Distinguishing International Law-Breakers from Would-be Law-Makers. In: Brock, G., Moellendorf, D. (eds) Current Debates in Global Justice. Studies in Global Justice, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3847-X_11
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