In the past twenty years or so, the concept of the rule of law, cherished for centuries as a constitutional principle in a domestic legal context, has attracted much attention from international lawyers and international organizations. In particular, the United Nations has devoted substantial effort and time to studying and defining the international dimension of the concept, to concretizing specific legal consequences, and to applying the concept to its own mandate and work, especially in the area of the maintenance of international peace and security. Against this background, the present article enquires into the relationship between the concept of an international rule of law as advanced by the United Nations and the UN Charter. To what extent can the concept be said to be inherent in the Charter, although the term itself does not appear in its text? Comparing the original design of the Charter with the rule of law as developed by the UN, the article observes a progressive expansion of the concept in several dimensions, but at the same time its persistent vagueness.

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名字里有什么？国际法治和联合国宪章

近二十年来，作为宪法原则在国内法律语境中被珍视了数百年的法治理念，引起了国际律师和国际组织的广泛关注。尤其是，联合国投入了大量精力和时间研究和界定这一概念的国际层面，具体化具体的法律后果，并将这一概念应用于其自身的任务和工作，特别是在维护国际和平与安全。在此背景下，本文探讨了联合国提出的国际法治概念与《联合国宪章》之间的关系。在多大程度上可以说这个概念是宪章所固有的，尽管该术语本身并未出现在其文本中？文章将《宪章》的原始设计与联合国发展的法治进行比较，发现该概念在多个维度上逐渐扩展，但同时其始终含糊不清。