World courts are useless without prior bonds of reciprocity and shared aims among peoples

Evidence

I therefore believe that those sho contend that the first and most important step toward world order is to establish a supreme court for the world are mistaken. What is needed is to strengthen the bonds of reciprocity and shared aims among peoples to the point where international adjudication can be put in meaningful relation to those bonds and can be supported and reinforced by them. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 720

Categorization

• SEED: Article angle: institutional design cannot substitute for underlying social cohesion — relevant across courts-domestic, treaty-bodies, and community mediation.
• XREF: Feeds the law/institutions polyad thread and connects to Volume 1’s concern with the limits of state enforcement. — connects to: Courts won’t punish or reward either side based on moral fault like affairs — Infidelity and Divorce in California: What It Really Means for Your Case; Courts cannot supply the constitutional wisdom a people lacks. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 3751; Liberal multiculturalism fails because individual choice cannot supply the bonds of recognition and reciprocity — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 377 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Courts cannot supply the constitutional wisdom a people lacks. #expands (0.85) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 3751
• Liberal multiculturalism fails because individual choice cannot supply the bonds of recognition and reciprocity #exemplifies (0.80) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 377
• Coercion and interests alone compel cooperation even without shared values #contradicts (0.78)