Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

In relation to the foreign affairs and constitutional law, Helmut Philipp Aust[1] made the following observation: The domain of foreign affairs is referred to in constitutional law and its scholarship in order to demarcate the conduct of the foreign relations of a state from other, at first sight internal, matters. The idea that the conduct of foreign relations entails the requirement for a different set of rules, as opposed to the 'regular' affairs of a state, is rooted in a long intellectual tradition dating back to, among others, John Locke and his concept of the 'federative power'. Likewise, the idea of a brutal state of nature in which individuals would find (…)

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Notes and References

1. Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law, Helmut Philipp Aust, “Foreign Affairs” (2018, Germany, United Kingdom)

See Also

• Separation of powers
• Foreign law
• International law
• Foreign Affairs
• Foreign affairs
• Dignity of Individuals
• Autonomy of Individuals
• Individual rights