This article engages with the image of the League of Nations as an experiment in international law and the law of international institutions. This image populates international legal literature of the second half of the 20th century and of the 21st century. It corresponds to what is called here the “experiment narrative” about the League. Many of the claims made about international institutional law, collective security and international institutions in international legal discourses are informed by this specific narrative. Drawing on the “experiment narratives” about the League, this article shows that “experiment narratives” in international law constitute a common tool for international lawyers to uphold a progressive and linear global history and to organize their discourses.

本文涉及国际联盟作为国际法和国际机构法实验的形象。该图像填充了20世纪下半叶和21世纪的国际法律文献。它对应于这里关于联盟的“实验叙述”。这种特定的叙述为许多关于国际制度法，集体安全和国际法律话语中的国际制度的主张提供了信息。本文利用关于联盟的“实验叙事”，表明国际法中的“实验叙事”是国际律师维护渐进和线性的全球历史并组织其话语的通用工具。