Law professors Goldsmith and Posner have an excellent and very relevant op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal on Europe’s sentiments toward international law. Goldsmith and Posner argue, as they do in their book The Limitations of International Law, that international law is predominantly based on state interests. This is as much the case in Europe as anywhere else. The only difference is that Europeans often like to portray themselves as adhering to international law whereas previous and current US administrations have made no attempts to hide their scepticism toward certain international legal regimes. Goldsmith and Posner argue that issues like…