1. Commercial services trade recorded even faster growth over the same period, advancing from US$ 367 billion in 1980 to US$ 4.17 trillion in 2011;FACTORS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF WORLD TRADE,2011
2. Lassa Oppenheim, for instance, famously argued that, "the first and principal moral is that a Law of Nations can only exist if there be an equilibrium, a balance of power, between the members of the Family of Nations;The claim that maintaining Great Power peace and preserving the balance of power between the leading states of the international system is necessary for the effective operation of international law is an argument that has a long pedigree in international law scholarship,2002
3. The Demise of the Nation-State: Towards a New Theory of the State Under International Law;James Wilets;17 BERKELEY J. INT'L L,1999