The European Journal of International Law was founded in 1989, coinciding with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the attendant excitement encapsulated by that well-known optimistic/hubristic End of History phraseology. Many predicted or expected that liberal democracy would become regnant in the world and a New International Legal Order would replace the old First World/Second World/Third World distinctions.

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重新审视国际法与民主：研讨会简介

《欧洲国际法杂志》创刊于 1989 年，恰逢柏林墙倒塌以及著名的乐观/傲慢的历史终结用语所蕴含的兴奋之情。许多人预测或预期自由民主将统治世界，新的国际法律秩序将取代旧的第一世界/第二世界/第三世界区别。