Abstract

While international lawyers have not traditionally paid much attention to the phenomenon of populism, a recent upswing in the populist movements in governments around the world has led to an increase in the fascination of international lawyers with populism. On the whole, there seems to be a view that populism has negatively affected the communitarianism and multilateralism of international law. This article interrogates this proposition. It comes to the conclusion that the proposition is based on an erroneous assumption about the state of international law. It concludes that populism is not a threat to international law, but that populist strategies against certain institutions and rules of international law are merely a reflection of international law’s own limitations.

中文翻译：

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民粹主义对多边主义和国际法的攻击：无所事事*

摘要

尽管国际律师传统上并没有对民粹主义现象给予太多关注，但最近世界各国政府中民粹主义运动的兴起导致国际律师对民粹主义的迷恋有所增加。总体而言，似乎有人认为，民粹主义对国际法的社群主义和多边主义产生了负面影响。本文质疑这一主张。得出的结论是，该主张是基于对国际法现状的错误假设。结论是，民粹主义不是对国际法的威胁，但是针对某些国际法制度和规则的民粹主义战略只是国际法自身局限性的反映。